What is the meaning of DEAD MANS-HAND. Phrases containing DEAD MANS-HAND
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Throttle that requires pressure of operator's hand or foot to prevent power shut-off and application of brakes. An engine so equipped would stop instantly if the operator fell dead. Also called dead man's button
Lump of lead is London Cockney rhyming slang for head.
Dead soldier is slang for an empty bottle of alcohol. Dead soldier is American slang for leftovers.
Dead eye is British slang for the anus.
Sauce. Pass the dead horse
Very, extremely.[ David was drop dead gorgeous].
Judge Dread is London Cockney rhyming slang for head.
Front brakeman on a freight train who rides the engine cab. Also called head pin
Ball of lead is London Cockney rhyming slang for head.
Adv. Very, extremely. E.g."Our holiday was dead good."
If something is dear it means it is expensive. I thought Texan insurance was dear.
Dead president is Black−American slang for paper money
A poker hand consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. Traditionally, Wild Bill Hickok was holding this hand when he was shot dead by Jack McCall. Some sources dispute the hand, saying that it really contained two jacks, not aces and two eights.
Alive or dead was th century London Cockney rhyming slang for the head.
Dead meat is slang for a person who is dead, about to die or inevitably doomed.
Dead bang is American slang for caught red−handed.
Very or extremely. For example "it was dead good". Tends to be associated with a northern UK accent.
- If something is dear it means it is expensive. I thought Texan insurance was dear.
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The language spoken in the Isle of Man. See Manx.
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See under Dead, a.
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Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
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The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.
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A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
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Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
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One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
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Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
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To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
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Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
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Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
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So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
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Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
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Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
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Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
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Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.
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Dead.
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Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
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Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
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