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Abbysinia! - goodbye; "corruption of I'll be seeing you!" Whitcomb. Absurdity n. A statement of belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. Bierce Ackamaracka n. deceit, tall stories (UK prison use). L.L. Ackers n. (Br. Army use) money; fr. Egyptian akka: one piastre. Across the Mosque - (fr. criminal use) any "action" commited in the street. Act the ayrab - to draw unnecessary attention to oneself by foolish behaviour. Actually adv. Perhaps, possibly. Bierce. Aide! - exclamation - Go on, come on, that's it! Ali Baba's your uncle - (cp) everything will be absolutely fine; there'll be no worries. Aladdin's cave - the home of a successful subjinn, or the place where he keeps his loot. Alanis, alarianis - good time rounder, bum. Alaniara - feminine form of the above. Ali Bubbas, Ali Bobbies - You know what and who you are. Alias a. - (West Indian use) dangerous, violent. Alias man n. (UK criminal, esp. West Indian use) a cheat, a hypocrite, anyone unethical. All co'ol - from the arabic al'kuhl meaning alcohol. Andarte - guerilla (north. Greece and Macedonia). Apron n. (derogatory) A Freemason. Argile - same as nargile; - hookah, water-cooled pipe for smokoing dope or tobacco. Art of canly, the - cloak and daggerism. Ashik - fine, dashing fellow. In Ottoman Turkey - a wandering bard and saz player. Ashikli - the quality of being, the qualities of an ashik. Assassin - Fanatical Holy killer of Islam, possibly derived from user of hashish a Hashashin ; a hired killer. Automaton - n, a self-moving machine, or one that moves by hidden machinery; a living being regarded as without consciousness: one who acts by routine, without intelligence. Woodsworth. Automatoi - (fr. myth.) animated statues of animals and men, forged out of metals and endowed with life by the divine smith Hephaistos.
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