Blad vs Blag - What's the difference?
blad | blag |
(AU, wholesale, food trade) A single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product available from a wholesaler.
(British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
(British, informal) More specifically, to obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.
(British, informal, transitive) To beg, to cadge.
(UK, informal, transitive) To steal.
(Polari) To pick up someone.
To persuade.
To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax on.
(British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.
An armed robbery.
(British, informal) Fake, not genuine.
As nouns the difference between blad and blag
is that blad is (au|wholesale|food trade) a single sheet for use in a display book, illustrating a particular product available from a wholesaler while blag is child, kid (up to circa 14 years).blad
English
Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* The term is normally only used in the confectionery and soft drink markets. ----blag
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Verb
(blagg)- The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.
- Can I blag a fag?
- He's blagged his way into many a party.
Synonyms
* pretextNoun
(en noun)- A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.
Adjective
(en adjective)- You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!
Derived terms
* blagger, BlaggerExternal links
*blag] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary----
