1832 Launceston Advertiser (Tas.) 21 Aug. 272/3: ‘In plain English, then,— the parson being about to kick the bucket—’ ‘Kick the —’ ‘Ay,— hop the twig,— or pop off the hooks :— pick-and-choose, I've a variety’.at kick the bucket, v.
1832 Launceston Advertiser (Tas.) 21 Aug. 272/3: ‘Oh! I see: - a managed matter; - a candidate for dead men’s shoes, eh! Ah! you sly dog!’ .at wait for dead men’s shoes, v.
1832 Launceston Advertiser (Tas.) 21 Aug. 272/3: ‘In plain English, then,— the parson being about to kick the bucket—’ ‘Kick the —’ ‘Ay,— hop the twig,— or pop off the hooks :— pick-and-choose, I've a variety’.at hop the twig, v.
1832 Launceston Advertiser (Tas.) 21 Aug. 272/3: ‘In plain English, then,— the parson being about to kick the bucket—’ ‘Kick the —’ ‘Ay,— hop the twig,— or pop off the hooks :— pick-and-choose, I've a variety’.at pop off the hooks (v.) under pop off, v.1
1833 Launceston Advertiser (Tas.) 3 Jan. 420/1: [T]he giving of the word from the Middy, always accompanied by a d—.at middy, n.
1840 Launceston Advertiser (Tas.) 9 July 4/2: Had his marster ben anything but a justis of the peas, he wood av been feind at least ten pound; and I am conwinced made use of langwidge vich wood av cost any bodi els at wonse five bob for swarin.at language, n.