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drag
verb- to bore or annoy US, 1944
- It’s no use to piss and moan about it; if I made a Thing of it and let it drag me, I really would flip. — James Blake, The Joint, p. 38, 30 December 1951
- I was real hungup on it two years ago, you understand–coked most of the time–but it drags me now. — John Clellon Holmes, Go, p. 121, 1952
- “Jokes drag me,” Porter said. — Chandler Brossard, Who Walks in Darkness, p. 78, 1952
- I was pretty much depressed by the place. It really dragged me. — Alexander King, Mine Enemy Grows Older, p. 47, 1958
- It drags me to get hit on like that. — Ice Berg Slim(Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 126, 1969
- Of course I was never more drug in my life, but you know how it goes. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 100, 1973
- to wear clothing of the opposite sex US
- Dragging is just about the hardest thing to do. — Screw, p. 9, 15 March 1970
- to compete in a drag race, a quarter-mile race from a standing start US, 1950
- in poker, to take (chips) from the pot as change for a bet US
- — Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, p. 261, 1967
- in poker, to take the house percentage out of a pot US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 30, 1988
- to rob vehicles UK
- — Peter Laurie, Scotland Yard, p. 322, 1970
- to lead on, to entice US
- — Maledicta, p. 266, Summer/Winter 1981
- to rob everyone encountered as part of a spree US
- At this time in that neighborhood they had a special type of hustlin’ called “draggin’.” That mean, we’d go a certain distance out of the neighborhood and we’d rob everybody we’d meet. — Henry williamson, Hustler!, p. 96, 1965
- to dance US
- A slow number came on and I rose to my full stature as we began to slow-drag. — Nathan Heard, A Cold Fire Burning, p. 16, 1974
▶ drag the chain
to be slow to perform some task; to lag behind AUSTRALIA, 1912
Metaphorically referring to Australia’s convict era when- prisoners were chained together, but originally in use amongst shearers and only recorded long after chain gangs were a thing of the past.
- For those of you who haven’t already hit the silk, chaps, stop dragging the chain[.] — W.R. Bennett, Night Intruder, p. 49, 1962
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 32, 1977
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 43, 1998
▶ drag your anchor
to lose control of yourself and drift towards trouble US
Clearly understood nautical origins.- — Charles F. Haywood, Yankee Dictionary, pp. 49–50, 1963
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