are really one laid back guy! 2. mod. al-
cohol or drug intoxicated. He’s a little
laid back and can’t come to the phone.
How can those guys work when they are
laid back by noon?laid out 1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxi-
cated. Man, you got yourself laid out!
I’m too laid out to go to work today. 2.
mod. well-dressed. Look at those silks!
Man are you laid out! She is all laid out
in her Sunday best. 3. mod. dead; having
to do with a corpse arranged for a wake.
(Not slang.) When the remains were
laid out, the children were allowed to come
in. When I’m laid out and ready to be
planted, make sure this little book is in my
hand. 4. mod. knocked down (by a
punch). He was down, laid out, and the
cowboy just stood there panting. There
he was, laid out on the sidewalk, and no
one made a move to help him.
laid to the bone 1. mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. He got himself laid to the bone.
We were all laid to the bone by mid-
night. 2. and silked to the bonemod.
naked. I was all silked to the bone, get-
ting ready for a shower, when the phone
rings.
laineGo to lame.
lambastedn. drunk. He went out and
got himself lambasted, then he wrecked his
car.
lame and laine; lane 1. mod. inept; inad-
equate; undesirable. That guy’s so lame,
it’s pitiful. This mark is about as laine
as they come. 2. n. a square person.
(Streets. Underworld.) Let’s see if that
lame over there has anything we want in
his pockets. He won’t drink anything at
all. He is such a lame! 3. n. an inept per-
son. The guy turned out to be a lame,
and we had to fire him. Maybe the lane
can work in the front office answering
phones or something.
lamebrain and lame-brain 1. n. a fool.
Please don’t call me a lamebrain. I do my
best. What a lame-brain! She put scal-
lops in scalloped potatoes! 2. and lame-
brainedmod. foolish. No more of
your lamebrain ideas! My last scheme
looked lamebrained at first, but it worked,
didn’t it?lamebrainedGo to lamebrain.lame duck 1. n. someone who is in the last
period of a term in an elective office.
You can’t expect much from a lame duck.
As a lame duck, there’s not a lot I can
do. 2. mod. having to do with someone
in the last period of a term in an elective
office. You don’t expect much from a
lame duck president. Lame duck Con-
gresses tend to do things they wouldn’t dare
do otherwise.lamptv. to look at someone or something.
(The “lamps” are the eyes.) I lamped
the paper and then threw it away. Here,
lamp this tire for a minute. It’s low isn’t it?lampsn. the eyes. (Crude.) His lamps are
closed. He’s asleep or dead. Look at them
blue lamps that dame’s got.land a blow 1. tv. to strike someone. He
kept moving, and I found it almost im-
possible to land a blow. The boxer
landed a blow to the face of his opponent.- tv. to make a point. I think I really
landed a blow with that remark about ex-
tortion. The point about justice landed
a blow.
land a jobtv. to find a job and be hired.
As soon as I land a job and start to bring
in some money, I’m going to get a stereo.
I managed to land a job at a factory.land office businessn. a large amount of
business done in a short period of time.
We always do a land office business at
this time of year. We keep going. Never
do land office business—just enough to
make out.landowner[“lAndon#] n. a corpse; a dead
person. (See also buy the farm.) Now
old Mr. Carlson was a landowner for real.
“How would you like to become a land-
owner?” snarled the mugger.laneGo to lame.lap of luxuryn. a luxurious situation. I
rather enjoy living in the lap of luxury.
You call this pigpen the lap of luxury?lap of luxury