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Pronunciation
Noun
dead man (plural dead men)
- A dead man's switch.
- (slang) A bottle of alcoholic drink that has been consumed.
- Synonym: dead soldier
- (UK, slang, obsolete) An extra loaf stolen from a bakery by a servant who smuggles it into the customer's basket (and sometimes fraudulently charges it to the customer).
1833, Francis West, Fun for winter evenings, page 27:A crusty loaf at your service — but master gets over-crusty, 'cause last week's bill ar'nt paid. I'm no "snatcher," altho' now and then I make "a dead man." We all admit the baker's skill, / To charge a dead man in his bill;
- Alternative form of deadman.
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References
- (stolen loaf): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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