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twist

and frail

n. a girl; a woman. (Underworld. Possibly rhyming slang twist and twirl = girl and frail frame = dame. Detective novels and movies.) This good-looking twist comes over to the table and asks Lefty if he’d like to dance. I’ll shoot the frail if you don’t hand it over!

twist

/wrap around (one's) little finger

To dominate utterly and effortlessly.

See:

• arm-twisting
• be bitter and twisted
• drive round the twist
• get (one's) knickers in a twist
• get (one's) panties in a twist
• get knickers in a twist
• have (someone) twisted around (one's) (little) finger
• have (someone) twisted round (one's) (little) finger
• kinky
• leave to twist
• leave to twist in the wind
• round the twist
• turn the knife
• twist
• twist arm
• twist around
• twist around little finger
• twist around one's finger
• twist in the wind
• twist into
• twist of fate
• twist off
• twist out of
• twist slowly in the wind
• twist someone’s arm
• twist someone's arm
• twist the knife
• twist up
• twist words
• twisted