(archaic or historical) A man who (in the 1700s or 1800s) loitered around courts, offering to bear false witness.

The primary attendant to the groom in a wedding ceremony.

(nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.

(UK, dated slang) Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”) / (obsolete) A man who is fancied: a sweetheart. / (obsolete) A man who fancies something: a fan.

A man who, rejecting sexist attitudes and traditional conceptions of masculinity, aims to be caring and sensitive, and to take a substantial role in the domestic routine.

A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw. / (figuratively) An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.

To falsely attribute an insubstantial argument (a straw man argument) to another through direct declaration or indirect implication; to put words in someone's mouth.

(idiomatic, dated) Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink alcohol.

An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh. / A cannibal; a human that eats other humans.

(cricket) a fielding position on the off side, behind square, near the boundary; a fielder in that position