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 1819. Moore, Tom Crib, 51. While ribbers rung from each resounding frame.

1857. Cuthbert Bede, Verdant Green, II. iv. To one gentleman he would pleasantly observe "There's a regular rib-roaster for you!"

1876. Hindley, Cheap Jack, 284. It was some time before he recovered the rib-bender he got from the fat show-*woman.

1886. Phil. Times, 6 May. There was some terrible slogging Cleary planted two rib-roasters, and a tap on Langdon's face.

1891. Lic. Vict. Gaz., 9 Feb. Repaid the compliment with another rib-bender.

Ribstone, subs. (common).—See Pippin.

1883. Milliken, 'Arry Ballads [Punch, 11 Oct.]. 'Ow are yer, my ribstone.

Rib-tickler, subs. phr. (colloquial).—1. Thick soup; glue (q.v.).

2. See Rib-roast.

Rice-bags, subs. phr. (common).—1. Trousers: see Kicks.

2. (American).—In sing. = a rice planter.

Rich, adj. and adv. (colloquial).—1. Outrageous; (2) ridiculous; and (3) spicy (q.v.).

c. 1350. Turnament of Totenham [Hazlitt, Early Pop. Poet., iii. 91]. Alle the wyues of Totenham come To fech home thaire husbondis With wispys and kixes, that was a rich sight.

1821. Egan, Life in London, II. ii. The left-hand side of the bar is a rich bit of low life.

1840. Porter, Southwestern Tales, 57. Thar we was rollin' with laughin' and liquor, and thought the thing was rich.

1844. Disraeli, Coningsby, viii. 1. 'Was Spraggs rich?'—'Wasn't he! I have not done laughing yet Killing! The richest thing you ever heard.'

1897. Mitford, Romance of Cape Frontier, ix. The notion of Allen bothering anyone to take out a bees' nest struck them all as ineffably rich.

Rich-face, subs. phr. (old).—'A Red-face.'—B. E. (c. 1696).

Richard, subs. (common).—A dictionary: also Richard Snary and Richardanary.—Grose. Fr. musicien.

1622. Taylor (Water Poet), Motto, Intro., s.v. Richard Snary.

Rick-ma-Tick, subs. phr. (Scots').—1. A concern; a business; a thing: as 'The whole blessed rick-ma-tick went to smash.'

2. (school).—Arithmetic.

Ricochet, adj. (American cadet).—Gay; splendid.

Rid. To rid the stomach, verb. phr. (common).—To vomit.

Riddlemeree, subs. (old).—See quot.

c. 1772. Junius, Letters [Woodfall], II. 316. This style, I apprehend, Sir, is what the learned Scriblerus calls rigmarol in logic—Riddlemeree amongst School-*boys.

Ride, verb. (venery).—1. To possess carnally; to swive (q.v.). Fr. chevaucher (= to swive) and chevaucherie (= a swiving) (Cotgrave, 1611; and Grose, 1785).

English synonyms (also see Greens).—To accommodate; Adamize; ballock; belly-bump (Urquhart); bitch (generic); block; bob (Fletcher); bore; bounce; brush; bull; bum; bumbaste (Urquhart); bumfiddle (Davies of Hereford); bung; buttock; caress; caulk; cavault; chauver; chuck; clicket (Flet