baker's dozen »
Thirteen, a group of thirteen.
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balloon goes up »
Something exciting or dangerous begins.
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ballpark estimate »
A ballpark figure, a very rough approximation.
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balum rancum »
A hop or dance, where the women are all prostitutes. N. B. The company dance in their birthday suits.
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bang around »
To make a lot of percussive noise while doing an activity.
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bang out »
To do something quickly, in a slipshod, or unprofessional manner.
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bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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baptism by fire »
A change in initial attitude or ideals through a traumatic situation.
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baptism by fire »
A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis.
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bark up the wrong tree »
To attempt or pursue the wrong thing; to take the wrong approach; to follow a false lead.
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barrel »
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
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barrel »
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
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barrow man »
A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.
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bat around »
When at least nine batters bat in a half inning.
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bat around »
To discuss.
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