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beam
noun- the backside, rump AUSTRALIA
- A bit narrow in the beam by what I saw of her. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 20, 1945
- She was wide in the beam and wore a tight skirt[.] — Peter Corris, Make Me Rich, p. 45, 1985
- a good person US
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 7, 1945
- cocaine UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 280, 2003
▶ off the beam
incorrect US- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 47, 1945
▶ on the beam- good; to the point; balanced US, 1941
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 31, 1945
- And you can get Ann for Benny? That’s on the beam. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 87, 1947
- I lost the argument–the part of me that was on-the-beam lost it–and I went back. — Jim Thompson, After Dark, My Sweet, p. 3, 1955
- The signal beam, high over the tracks, could be seen for miles from the engine cab. Three colored lights kept the engineer informed of track conditions ahead. Being on the beam really meant being well-informed. — J. Herbert Lund, Herb’s Hot Box of Railraod Slang, p. 20, 1975
- intoxicated on marijuana US, 1970
Later to take on a far greater place in the lexicon of crack cocaine. - — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, p. 22, 1992
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