gal-beagle who can get me out of this
scrape. She keeps a whole bunch of le-
gal-eagles to handle that sort of thing.legal-eagleGo to legal-beagle.
legit[l@”dZIt] mod. honest; legal. (From le-
gitimate.) If she’s not legit, I won’t work
with her. Is this deal legit?
leg workn. the physical work accompany-
ing a task. I don’t mind making the
phone calls if you do the leg work. I have
a gopher to do the leg work for me.
lemme[“lEmi] phr. let me. (Eye-dialect.
Typical spoken English. Used in writing
only for effect. Used in the examples of
this dictionary.) Do you wanna gimme
the thingy and lemme go ahead with my
work? If you won’t give me one of my
own, make him lemme use his.
let a fartGo to cut a fart.
Let her rip! and Let it roll!exclam. Let it
go!; Let it start! Time to start. Let her
rip! There’s the signal! Let it roll!
let it all hang outtv. to be yourself, as-
suming that you generally are not.
Come on. Relax! Let it all hang out. I let
it all hang out, but I still feel rotten.
Let it roll!Go to Let her rip!
let off (some) steamGo to blow off
(some) steam.
let oneGo to cut a fart.
Let’s bump this place!exclam. Let’s get
out of this place!; Let’s leave! Time to
go. Let’s bump this place! Let’s bump
this place! It’s dead here.
Let’s do lunch (sometime).sent. Let us
have lunch together sometime. Great
seeing you, Martin, absolutely great. Let’s
do lunch. Let’s do lunch sometime so we
can catch up.
Let’s dump.interj. Let’s go. It’s late. Let’s
dump. Let’s dump. I’ve still got a lot to
do at home tonight.
Let’s have it!exclam. Please tell (us) the
news! What’s happened? Let’s have it!
Don’t beat around the bush. Let’s
have it!
let something ridetv. to let something re-
main as is; to ignore something (for a
while). Don’t bother with it now. Let it
ride for a day or two. Let it ride. It’s not
that important.let’s sayphr. introduces an estimate or a
speculation. I need about—let’s say—
twenty pounds. Let’s say I go over and
talk to him. What do you think?
lettucen. money. Put your lettuce on the
table; then we’ll talk. How much lettuce
do you have left?level bestn. one’s very best effort. I will
do my level best to find your husband.
Don’t go to a whole lot of trouble. Your
level best is good enough.level one’s locksGo to level the locks.level the locks and level one’s lockstv.
to comb one’s hair. (Streets.) Just give
me a minute to level my locks. Yo u g o
level your locks. You look like a truck hit
you.level with someonein. to speak truly and
honestly with someone. Okay, I’m
gonna level with you. This thing is a steal
at this price! I want you to level with
me. Did you do it?
libber[“lIb#] n. a woman who advocates
woman’s liberation movements; a femi-
nist. (Usually derogatory.) She sure
sounds like a libber. This libber on the
radio says men are unnecessary.liberatetv. to steal something. (Originally
military.) We liberated a few reams of
paper and a box of pens. The privates
liberated a jeep and went into town.libraryn. a bathroom; an outhouse. John
is in the library at the moment. He keeps
stuff like that to read in the library.alick and a promisen. a very casual treat-
ment. A lick and a promise isn’t enough.
Take some time and do it right. She gave
it a lick and a promise and said she was
done.lickern.a tongue. (Streets.) Why is your
licker hanging out? You thirsty?
Yeouchh! I bit my licker.licker