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Edinburgh Eve. News 4 July 2/6: To be an Agreeable Rattler is no longer a qualification for a shop assistant.at agreeable rattle, n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 4 July 2/6: To be an Agreeable Rattler is no longer a qualification for a shop assistant. Edinburgh Eve. News 19 Sept. 3/5: The back attic was occupied by an old man, a bone-picker.at bone-picker (n.) under bone, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 11 July 2/5: I went into the ‘Jerry’ shop.at jerry shop, n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 16 Jan. 2/6: The boy had some arithmetic to do, and on showing his ‘sum’ to the master, the latter accused him of having ‘cabbaged’ from a book.at cabbage, v.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 15 Oct. 4/1: A disease, known by the unpleasant name of ‘Dhobie itch’, is spreading among the European community of Bombay.at dhobi itch (n.) under dhobi, n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 15 Oct. 4/4: An Irish wedding without a broken head was a very extraordinary thing.at Irish wedding (n.) under Irish, adj.
Edinburgh Eve. News 21 Sept. 3/6: [from S.F. Bulletin] Miss Chung Fu, a noted moon-eyed belle.at moon-face (n.) under moon, n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 28 Apr. 2/6: A lady out west is lecturing on ‘kissing.’ The subject seems to have a smack to it.at smack, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 24 Feb. 3/3: They called him a ‘Bogman’. This is the nickname in these parts for a ‘Ribbonman’ and a bad feeling had existed for a long time between them and the Fenians.at bogman (n.) under bog, n.3
Edinburgh Eve. News 5 Apr. 4/5: The Chinese [are] regarded in Paris as a legitimate laughing-stock, as [...] the word pékin — a synonym in Parisian slang for what the English call a ‘guy’.at guy, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 17 July 2/4: [headline] ‘Long Firm’ Operations in Dundee and Glasgow.at long firm (n.) under long, adj.
Edinburgh Eve. News 22 May 4/4: It was supposed he had accomplices and Edward Rogers, alias ‘Bluey’ and Edward Jones, alias ‘Stick’ were apprehended.at bluey, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 22 Dec. 3/3: Prisoner said he made the knickerbockers from ‘cabbage’.at cabbage, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 1 Dec. 4/4: Now, chalk a mark along the floor. If I’m drunk I can’t walk it.at walk the chalk, v.
Edinburgh Eve. News 3 Mar. 4/5: It was the custom in public houses when a party wished to treat another to go ‘Tommy Dodd’ to see which should pay.at tommy dodd, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 7 July 4/5: He took to drinking, and declared that he would ‘make a hole in the water’ sooner than be again imprisoned.at make a hole in the water (v.) under hole, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 15 Sept. 2/4: A gentleman [...] by profession a knight of the pen, had also gone amissing.at ...the pen under knight of the..., n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 13 Dec. 3/6: Susan Lynch [...] was found guilty of shebeening [...] and fined £15.at shebeen, v.
Edinburgh Eve. News 12 Apr. 4/3: He [...] publicly called one of our colleagues [...] ‘a bag of guts’.at bag of guts (n.) under bag, n.1
Edinburgh Eve. News 20 Mar. 4/6: The tail-coat and evening dress common to all classes from the King to the counter-skipper.at counter-jumper, n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 7 June 2/1: Donning his buckled shoes and the ‘unutterables’ which are a cut between the kilt and the garments of ordinary trousered humanity.at unmentionables, n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 22 Nov. 4/3: The hardest job he had had [...] was to sit there month after month and listen to the ‘cag-mag’ of the members.at cagmag, n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 28 Feb. 2/4: At a meeting of the Glasgow Calico Ball Committee it was decided to hand over £1400 to the Western Infirmary.at calico ball (n.) under calico, adj.
Edinburgh Eve. News 13 Sept. 3/4: The knight of the napkin hesitated.at ...the napkin under knight of the..., n.
Edinburgh Eve. News 6 Mar. 2/6: Witness added that he and his wife had been ‘almost clemmed to death’.at clem, v.
Edinburgh Eve. News 23 Apr. 3/4: Capatin Booth, with his hallelujah fiddle [...] and band of hallelujah lasses.at hallelujah lass (n.) under hallelujah, adj.
Edinburgh Eve. News 23 Apr. 3/4: Capatin Booth, with his hallelujah fiddle [...] and band of hallelujah lasses.at hallelujah, adj.
Edinburgh Eve. News 20 Aug. 4/2: Just look slippery, will you?at look slippery! (excl.) under look, v.
Edinburgh Eve. News 1 Nov. 3/5: Lord Chief Justice: What did the prisoner say — for ‘snigging’ the mutton? — The Constable: No, my lord — ‘sneaking’ the mutton (Laughter).at snig, v.
Edinburgh Eve. News 26 Aug. 3/5: The latest ourage inflicted on the unfortunate Celestials in San Fracisco has been [...] the arrest of a gang of ‘highbinders’.at highbinder, n.
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