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kid noun- a child UK, 1618
- Has the father of your kid scarpered? — Mary Hooper, (megan)2, p. 48, 1999
- used as a form of address, usually affectionate UK
- Mellors leaned over the table and said in a low voice, "Right, kid, shoot." — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, p. 25, 1959
- I don’t want to talk about that if you don’t mind, kid. It was a long time ago. — Uncut, p. 6, February 2002
- the passive member of a male homosexual relationship, especially in prison US, 1893
- "This is my kid," Blocker would say. "Don’t you bother this kid." — Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, p. 169, 1952
- Paradoxically, after the seduction is complete and Sam takes his place as Bud’s “kid,” he may punch Bud in the eye every morning before breakfast. — New York Mattachine Newsletter, p. 5, August 1961
- It is believed in prison that the punk or kid would not necessarily be a homosexual if he had not come to prison[.] — John Irwin, The Felon, p. 28, 1970
- A guy’ll get him a kid and he’ll go to all extremes to treat this cocksucker just as though he was a wife. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 359, 1972
- a (young) follower of a stated music style UK
A UK rock band called the Heavy Metal Kids was formed in 1973. - [R]ock kids, hip hop heads and ravers lost it to tunes like "I Feel Love". — Mixmag, p. 36, June 2003
▶ our kid the eldest boy in the family UK, 1984 A colloquial term from the north of England. |