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twig
noun- a radio aerial UK
Probably of military origin. - Twig [aerial] city. American truck sports two centre-loaders; British van a rubber duckie and a K40. — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 117, 1981
- a match (usually in the plural) UK
Used by borstal boys. - — The Daily Telegraph, 4 June 1958
- marijuana US, 1970
- — Ernest L. Abel, A Marijuana Dictionary, p. 106, 1982
- cocaine, amphetamines or any other central nervous system stimulant US
- — Kenn “Naz” Young, Naz’s Dictionary of Teen Slang, p. 132, 1993
- in sports betting, a half-point increment in the pointspread US, 1984
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 101, 1987
- a small, tightly wound hair braid US
- His hair was pulled back in a dozen or so braided “twigs,” each tied with a small blue rubber band. — Bob Sipchen, Baby Insane and the Buddha, p. 25, 1993
▶ drop off the twig; fall off the twig
to die AUSTRALIA- All of the historical celebrities and olden-days personalities made some little philosophical quip before they jumped off the twig. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 143, 1974
- They said, “Mat fell off the twig, did he?” They said, “The first time there’s been a proper funeral in the valley.” — Hugh Atkinson, Grey’s Valley, p. 63, 1986
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