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bash noun- an attempt, try, go UK, 1939
- Heard about this Italian cookin’. Wouldn’ mind ’avin’ a bash at ut. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 126, 1957
- — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 71, 1962
- SIMON: I mean lines, ducky, can you handle lines? GEORGE: I’ll have a bash. — A Hard Day’s Night, 1964
- — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 54, 1969
- They’d had all day to get used to the fact of a drunkard on board, and as they themselves gave it a pretty good bash ashore Big Bill found himself less of a cause celebre than he had expected to be. — J.E. MacDonnell, Big Bill the Bastard, p. 61, 1976
- [T]hey’ve all had a bash at taking him off [Elvis Presley], so it must be good[.] — Paul E Willis, Profane Culture, pp. 63–64, 1978
- Sir Darius-drunk, opium-addled, filled with self-hatred-ordered the tail-coated musicians to “have a bash” at the movie tune “We’re Off to See the Wizard. — Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, p. 48, 2000
- [T]hey had resolved to “give it a bash” when they got back to the house[.] — Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner, p. 6, 2001
- a party UK, 1901
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 77, 1968
- Last night in town, you guys gonna have a little bash before you leave? — American Graffiti, 1973
- ... you’re coming to the bash, of course ... — Kevin sampson, Powder, p. 18, 1999
- a drag racing event US
- Sometimes someone plans a bash and no one comes. Then it’s not a bash. If there is a huge crowd that has a great time, then you can be sure it’s a bash. — Ed Radlauer, Drag Racing Pix Dix, p. 7, 1970
- — Phantom Surfers, The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing (Album cover), 1997
- a long cycle ride, especially if fast and arduous UK, 1961 “The Brighton Bash” is from London to Brighton and back.
- a route march, as in “5-mile-bash”, etc UK, 1984 Military usage.
- an act of sexual intercourse UK
- And then you can whip her up top for a quick bash! — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 318, 1979
- a person judged on their sexual performance AUSTRALIA
- When pressed, one of them admitted that he’d heard on good and personal authority from you-know-who that I was quite the quickest and the best bash in town. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 17, 1967
- marijuana US, 1971
A possible pun on BANGBUSH - — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink, p. 29, 1986
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 286, 2003
- a dent put into a felt hat to make it look better, especially an Australian Army slouch hat AUSTRALIA
- And while I’m on the subject, get rid of that white puggaree on your hat like all other blokes have. Also, Mr. Bruce told you to straighten out that lairy bash in it. — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 100, 1954
▶ on the bash to be working as a prostitute UK, 1936- From the hours you keep [...] I’d say you were on the bash. — Anonymous Streetwalker, p. 58, 1959
- — Maledicta, p. 144, Summer/Winter 1986–1987: “Sexual slang: prostitutes, pedophiles, flagellators, transvestites, and necrophiles”
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