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case
noun- a promiscuous woman AUSTRALIA
- “Blimey!” said a man just behind me. “That one’d be a case, wouldn’t she?” A case, when the word is used in this fashion, is not a funny person, known as a hard case. A case, at least the female variety, has a case of nymphomania. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, 1967
- — Sue Rhodes, And when she was bad she was popular, p. 104, 1968
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 21, 1977
- She was being far too familiar too early. A case, obviously. — Robert English, Toxic Kisses, p. 76, 1979
- a patient with a sexually transmitted infection US
- — Sally Williams, “Strong” Words, p. 136, 1994
- a love-affair UK, 1860
- — [South African] Cape Argus, 4th July 1946
- to engage in an adulterous relationship UK
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- in card games, the fourth and remaining card when the three other cards of that value have been played US
- [T]hey took the 52–1 chance without hesitation and went for the case king as if it were a hope of heaven. — Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm, p. 249, 1949
▶ get off my case
leave me alone! US- “Get off my case, will you?” he said. — Frank Bonham, Viva Chicano, p. 126, 1970
- — Eugene Landy, Underground Dictionary, p. 88, 1971
- “It’s Michael’s,” she said. “Anita’s new old man. And get off my case.” — Cyra McFadden, The Serial, p. 32, 1977
▶ go case
to have sex with someone UK
From “case” (a love affair).- “I went case with a tart at the gaff” – I slept with a woman at (my) home. — Paul Tempest, Lag’s Lexicon, p. 33, 1950
- [S]he went case with some geezer now she’s liveing [sic] with him. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 58, 1958
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