alans
plural of alan
• Anals, NALSA, anals, nalas, nasal
Alans
plural of Alan
Alans pl (plural only)
(Cockney rhyming slang) knickers (shortened form of Alan Whickers).
• Anals, NALSA, anals, nalas, nasal
Source: Wiktionary
A*lan", n. Etym: [OF. alan, alant; cf. Sp. alano.]
Definition: A wolfhound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
