dead man

See also: deadman and Deadman

English

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Noun

dead man (plural dead men)

  1. A dead man's switch.
  2. (slang) A bottle of alcoholic drink that has been consumed.
    Synonym: dead soldier
  3. (UK, slang, obsolete) An extra loaf stolen from a bakery by a servant who smuggles it into the customer's basket (and sometimes fraudulently charges it to the customer).
    • 1833, Francis West, Fun for winter evenings, page 27:
      A crusty loaf at your service — but master gets over-crusty, 'cause last week's bill ar'nt paid. I'm no "snatcher," altho' now and then I make "a dead man." […] We all admit the baker's skill, / To charge a dead man in his bill; […]
  4. Alternative form of deadman.

Derived terms

References

  • (stolen loaf): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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