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New Sprees of London 28: [I]t will be seen that the women are seldom—indeed, we may say never, out of the debt and power of the old abbesses.at abbess, n.
New Sprees of London 28: [I]t will be seen that the women are seldom—indeed, we may say never, out of the debt and power of the old abbesses. New Sprees of London 29: [heading] LIST OF A FEW OF THE PRINCIPAL ACCOMMODATION HOUSES In London, with remarks on their inconveniences, charges, and character.at accommodation house, n.
New Sprees of London 3: I’ll introduce you to the [...] Hokusers, Prigs, Swell-mobmen, Chanters, Actors, and all the flash and slang Mots, Donners, and Cullies that's faking the slums on the cross.at actor, n.
New Sprees of London 3: Nanty palary the rumcull of the Casey is [...] quisby in the nut, not fly, not up to the moves, not down to the dodges, not
awake, can't tumble to the slums, not wido to the slangs.at awake, adj.
New Sprees of London 3: I’ll introduce you to [...] the Lushing, Chanting, and Night-cribs [...] where you may ddoss lush, or feed, from the slap club houses of St. James' to the shysiest of the Cadgers’ Kens in the back slums.at back slum (n.) under back, adj.2
New Sprees of London 14: [of a shut-down public house] Savage's crib is baked, it is reported; the gorger was too clever, and was suspected of laying a plan for effecting perpetual motion [...] this dodge made the rumculls crabby, and they clapped the rephoop on him, and dubbed his gigger.at baked, adj.
New Sprees of London 17: [H]e piped some pals with long mugs and nix of bevay, doing the doleful in suicide ward.at bevvy, n.
New Sprees of London 19: [T]he singing is good —I wish as much could be said for the grog; this is most detrimental to many of these cribs; it is a bad policy, and a villanous bilk into the bargain.at bilk, n.
New Sprees of London 9: What jolly dog, who is fond of his glass, has not felt the torments attendant on the morning after a drinking bout— [...] the ennui, the blue devils, and a score of other horrors?at blue devils, n.
New Sprees of London 4: ‘It’s true it may cost him blunt, but it is safe to save him some blunt if he works the dodge the right way, and [...] I intend our expedition shall be profitable as well as amusing’.at blunt, n.1
New Sprees of London 3: I'll introduce you to [...] the Lushing, Chanting, and Night-cribs, Bawdikens, Hells, Boosing, and Lightning-cribs, Mum-
ming Caseys where you may ddoss lush, or feed.at boozing crib (n.) under booze, v.
New Sprees of London 20: The
passport dimmock, is a brown broad, which goes to the concert cad, or conductor, the piano-torturer being tipped by the great boss of the concern.at brown, n.
New Sprees of London 35: The well known Mother Jones continues her business as usual in Lombard-court [...] The ken is tidy, notwithstanding it is a nuisance to the neighbourhood.at business, n.
New Sprees of London 15: There are some tidy
busters here ; the water drinkers are rather liberal in their tippery, so that they cop some bona cullies to fake the
slum.at buster, n.2
New Sprees of London 3: I’ll introduce you to [...] the Lushing, Chanting, and Night-cribs [...] where you may ddoss lush, or feed, from the slap club houses of St. James' to the shysiest of the Cadgers’ Kens in the back slums.at cadger, n.
New Sprees of London 3: I tell you what, such a cove as you should speal to the big town and let experience put you fly to the caperanies.at caper, n.2
New Sprees of London 21: But it is
not so much of the chandlerkin we would speak, as to that
appertaining to it.at chandler-ken, n.
New Sprees of London 12: ‘Here [...] is the Sun [...] a chanting crib. This is a crib famous for the soldiers and their mots; a noisy lot’.at chanting crib (n.) under chant, v.
New Sprees of London 12: Jones conducts this room ; a civil, obliging fellow, and chants a decent stave ; there is also some very tidy chanting here ; and, considering it is a chanting casey, the lush is very fair.at chanting crib (n.) under chant, v.
New Sprees of London 3: I’ll introduce you to the [...] Hokusers, Prigs, Swell-mobmen, Chanters, Actors, and all the flash and slang Mots, Donners, and Cullies that's faking the slums on the cross.at chanter, n.
New Sprees of London 35: [T]he well known Mother Jones continues her business as usual in Lombard-court [...] She is open at all hours, we believe, and a passable cock-chafer may be found.at cockchafer, n.
New Sprees of London 22: In one part you may behold a number of vagrants that have probably excited your commiseration in the streets, by [...] shamming fits, coming the old sailor, pitching the Spitalfields weaver, or the tradesman out of work! at come the old soldier (v.) under come the..., v.
New Sprees of London 34: D— departed into an adjoining room to fetch the schofels. He shortly returned, and demanded a couter for them.at couter, n.1
New Sprees of London 17: ‘A deed without a name!’ answered one of the mumming coves.at mumming-cove, n.
New Sprees of London 13: Three nights in the week there is a splendid exhibition, called the ‘Feast of the Lanterns,’ which has justly been highly cracked up.at crack up, v.1
New Sprees of London 15: [T]hey can fake anything else, from the cracking of a crib, to the frisking of a cly.at crack a crib (v.) under crib, n.1
New Sprees of London 3: I'll introduce you to [...] the Lushing, Chanting, and Night-cribs, Bawdikens, Hells, Boosing, and Lightning-cribs, Mum-
ming Caseys where you may ddoss lush, or feed.at mumming crib, n.
New Sprees of London 13: The Theatre Royal, or otherwise, the mumming crib,
lessee, John Douglass.at mumming crib, n.
New Sprees of London 26: The time was when the renowned Jem Harris was grand serag [...] but the rumcull has cut it with Jem, and took it on his own account .at cut it, v.1
New Sprees of London 20: The
passport dimmock, is a brown broad, which goes to the concert cad, or conductor, the piano-torturer being tipped by the great boss of the concern.at dimmock, n.1
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