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dead
adjective- absolute UK, 1894
- What a dead coot! — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 102, 1954
- After the Damoclean sword there is relief in dead certainty. — The Guardian, 18 March 2002
- used for expressing a very high degree of trouble UK
- Oh no! I’m dead. — Coronation Street, 18 February 2002
- (of a place) dull, boring; without interest AUSTRALIA
- I don’t know what fun you expect knocking round this dead hole. — Norman Lindsay, The Cousin from Fiji, p. 135, 1945
- in a bar, used for describing any drink that has been abandoned UK
- Is this pint dead? — Michael Munro, The Orginal Patter, 1985
- (of a racehorse) not run on its merits; ridden to lose deliberately AUSTRALIA
- Ut wasn’t pulled. Ut was dead. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 73, 1957
- Punters will put up with anything–except dead favourites. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 48, 1965
- If it drifts in the market, I won’t back it, it’ll be dead. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 107, 1965
- At one stage of my career, some punters booed nearly every time I lost a race. They seemed to think that if I got beaten, I had to be dead. — Frank Hardy and Athol George Mulley, The Needy and the Greedy, p. 18, 1975
- “Think you’re smart, don’t you?” he snarled. “But you’re a mug. You didn’t know I owned that horse and it was dead”. — Frank Hardy and Athol George Mulley, The Needy and the Greedy, p. 61, 1975
- One morning, Pat rushed in and said “Did you know the Pope’s dead?” Mick replied, “I’ll bet that bastard Mulley is riding him!” — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 59, 1982
- He’s dead alright. He’s just blown from sixes to thirty-threes. — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 198, 1982
- (used of dice) weighted to have one face land up more often than the law of averages would predict US
- — Frank Scoblete, Guerrilla Gambling, p. 304, 1993
- in bar dice games, no longer wild US If a game is played with “aces wild” (assuming the point value of any other die), a call of “aces dead” after the first call of a hand nullifies the “wild” status.
- — Gil Jacobs, The World’s Best Dice Games, p. 191, 1976
- in pinball, said of a bumper that scores when hit but does not propel the ball back into play US
- — Bobbye Claire Natkin and Steve Kirk, All About Pinball, p. 111, 1977
- in pool, said of a shot made such that the cue ball stops completely after striking the object ball US
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 11, 1990
▶ not be found dead with; not be seen dead with
used to deny the possibility that you will have anything whatsoever to do with someone or something UK, 1915- Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch remains the best Christmas bet–even if dyed-in-the-wool denizens of White Hart Lane wouldn’t be seen dead with it these days. — The Guardian, 30 November 2001
▶ not be seen dead in; not be found dead in
used in expressions of dislike and dismissal for items of clothing; may also, with slight variation, be applied to a place UK, 1961- The dress at hunt balls is white tie, which means tails for the men and long dresses for the women. Not the kind of gear Gordon Brown would be seen dead in, but then he can afford to be blase about grand events. — The Guardian, 7 December 1999
- There are two categories of Sydney pub–one people die to be seen in and the other they wouldn’t be seen dead in. — The Guardian, 30 October 1999
- I was going to say I wouldn’t be found dead in Nottingham, but on reflection, the opposite is more likely! — Cavan Duval, BBCi, 29 July 2002
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