DDAnoun►see duck’s arsedabbing machinenounin bingo, the number fifteen [uk]One of a number of bingo calls created by Mecca Bingo to be used as from 2017.· – blog.meccabingo.com, blog, 27th December 2016· Number 15: ‘dabbing machine’ replaces ‘young and keen’. – www.dailymail.co.uk, 30th December 2016dadnouna writing pad [uk: liverpool]A slang rhyme.· There is a fair amount of rhyming slang [in Liverpool]–dad (writing-pad), China plates (mates, companions), five-to-two (Jew)–but in contrast to general belief it is not all copied from Cockney. Some is definitely more Northern, like e.g. Glasgow Range for change (e.g. from a fiver) or steam-tugs for bugs. – P. Wright, Lancashire Dialect, p.45, 1976Dad and Davenoun 1 a shave [australia/new zealand]< Dad and Dave, two characters created by Steele Rudd, the pen name of Australian author Arthur Hoey Davis (1868–35), and first appearing in the Bulletin in 1895; they have since appeared in popular fiction, the-atre, film, radio and television.· A Dad and Dave, a fairy bower, and there’s hardly soda and lime for breakfast. – The News, Adelaide, 11th July 1952· – Australasian Post, Melbourne, 17th November 1960· – Kings Cross Whisper, Sydney, no. xxxiv, 1967· – L.M. Blumberg, Rhyming Slang, p.96, 1968· – B. Wannan, Australian Folklore, p.445, 1970· – J. Ramsay, CS, 1977· – The Bulletin, Sydney, 26th July 1988· – csusap.csu.edu.au, September 1990· Awlrite! Who nicked me daks while I’m having a Dad + Dave? – M. Pinkney, GAS, p.60, 1999· – D. Looser, Boobslang, 2001· – J. Lambert, MASD, 2004· Have you had a Dad and Dave this morning? – Sunrise, Australian TV: Channel Seven, 12th June 2009· [A]nd for those in need, some extra ‘Bob Hope’ for a ‘Dad and Dave’ (shave). – www.squaredancenation-al2016.com, ‘Buderim Bush Telegraph’, March 2016 2 ■ close Dad and Dave a narrow escape [uk/austra-lia]The rhyming equivalent of close shave.· – L. Lilley, A–Z of Cockney, 1990· Mr Speaker...since Tony left, it’s been a bit of a close Dad and Dave...and I know it’s customary for the Leader of the Opposition to come the raw prawn in this joint...but, all I ask for is a fair shake of the sauce bottle... – blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au, blog, 13th June 2009 3 a grave [australia]· – J. Lambert, MASD, 2004dad and mum; daddynounrum [us/australia/uk]In Australian English the term also refers to a cup of Bonox (a beef stock-based drink) and rum. The variant daddy is confined to British usage.· – The Milwaukee Journal, ‘American Criminals Use Rhythmical Aussie Argot While on the Joe Growl’, 1st June 1936· – The Australian Women’s Weekly, 26th July 1941· – S.J. Baker, The Australian Language, p.361, 1966· I used ta mix an Aristotle of fine and dandy wif me dad and mum. – J. Alard, Shoots Last, p.96, 1968· – J. Meredith, LTOJL, 1984· [A] tot of ‘daddy’. – R. Puxley, CR, 1992· – E. Spilsted, GASB1, 1997· – C. Bronson, Loonyology, p.206, 2008dad at the doornounin bingo, the number twenty-four [uk]· The Walters fall to their cards, frantically marking their numbers as they’re called: [...] Twenty-four, dad at the door[.] – M. McGrath, Silvertown, p.219 [2003], 2002daddy-ruff ; daddy-roughnounsnuff [birmingham]< daddy rough, a dialect word for stickleback.· – C. Chinn and S. Thorne, Proper Brummie, 2002Dad’s Armyadjectivefoolish; slightly crazy [uk]Rhymes on barmy. < Dad’s Army, a BBC sitcom origi-nally broadcast from 1968 to 1977.· I don’t trust him, he looks a bit dad’s army to me. – R. Puxley, CR, 1992· – CRS(co.uk), 16th March 2007· Dylan Hartley, a one time looker, is in this category but he’s Dad’s Army anyway! – www.greenandgoldrugby.com, 4th November 2009daffverbto have sex [australia]https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110535525-004