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posse A gang of Black youths involved in organized or
violent crime, often drug-related. E.g. Enforcement agents blame
Jamaican posses for some 500 homicides and ... gun-running.
[From earlier sense, body of men summoned by a sheriff, etc. to
enforce the law.]
possie /'pozi:/ noun Also pozzy, etc. mainly Austral A
position or location, esp. a military position; an occupation or
appointment. E.g. 'I've brought a picnic,' he said. 'So you watch out
for a nice little pozzy while a good husband keeps his eyes on the
road'. [Abbreviation opposition.]
postie noun Also posty. A postman. E.g. The marine
postman ... was delayed.... "Ere, posty!' shouted some one, 'got
my Dispatch?"
post office noun Someone who passes on or holds for
collection information, esp. in espionage; a safe hiding-place
for secret information left for collection, a 'drop'. E.g. It became
evident in 1911 that the hairdresser's shop of Karl Gustav Ernst was
being used as a 'post office' or clearing-house for German espionage
agents in this country.
pot noun 1. to put (someone's) pot on Austral To inform
against or tell tales about; to ruin (someone's) chances. E.g. He
saw some blacks ... standing on the platform under guard of a
policeman. 'Hullo, what's up?' One of them replied, 'Aw,
somebody's been putting our pot on'. 2. A prize or trophy. verb
trans. 3. To hand (someone) over for trial; to inform on.
pot and pan noun Rhyming slang for 'old man', one's
father or husband.
potato noun 1. The real thing; something correct or
excellent; often in phr. not (quite) the clean potato. E.g. She was
the only great-granddaughter of old Larry Healey of Little River,
none so clean a potato, if rumour was correct. 2. pl US Money; also
dollars or pounds. 3. A girl or woman. E.g. Terms... often
extended to the female herself.... Who likes to be called ... a