1688 cited in Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 16 June 1914 4/6: [bk title] Teagueland Jests or Bogg Witticisms. Being a Compleat Collection of the most learned Bulls, Elaborate Quibbles, and Wise Sayings of some of the Natives of Teagueland till the year 1688.at Teagueland, n.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: He endeavoured to avoid the punishment, but it was ‘all up’.at all up, adj.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 1 Dec. 2/1: The silk gowns at the King’s Bench bar are, as Mr Fox said [...] ‘as thick as three in a bed’.at ...three in a bed under thick as..., adj.
1827 Exter & Plymouth Gaz. 8 Mar. 5/2: Peg patronises Brother Bung, / He likes a social glass.at brother of the bung (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: The Hibernian lay with his [...] mouth open, as if he had wanted an Irish apricot to fill his potato-trap.at Irish apricot (n.) under Irish, adj.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: Well done, Pat, you shall have two murphies instead of one.at Pat, n.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: Perdue caught Stone just under the short ribs near the puffers.at puffer, n.2
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: The latter proved himself to be a ‘queer gill’.at queer gill (n.) under queer, adj.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: The wrestling this day was the best ever seen in London, Cann and Stone had the queerest kids matched against them which the Metropolis can produce.at queer kid (n.) under queer, adj.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: The fives of this Knight of St Patrick having alighted near Easton’s ‘seat of honour,’ a part especially protected by the wrestling code.at seat of honour (n.) under seat, n.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: Jordan [...] cast his ‘tile’ against Abraham, and was soon ‘togged’ for the affray.at togged, adj.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: Sanders, a private in the Guards, had a turn-up with Thorn, an ugly customer.at turn-up, n.
1827 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 23 June 3/2: Sanders, a private in the Guards, had a turn-up with Thorn, an ugly customer.at ugly customer (n.) under ugly, adj.
1828 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 12 Apr. 2/2: Absurd stories of the cow-face boy, the cowpox mange.at cowface (n.) under cow, n.1
1828 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. (Devon) 2 Feb. 2/2: Nor am I a scape-gallows (I use that gentlemanly word in its usual acceptation).at scapegallows, n.
1829 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 5 Sept. 4/2: ‘Oh,’ says he, my masther is the Prince Ragin’. ‘Blur an’ ouns,’ says I.at tare an’ ouns!, excl.
1829 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 5 Sept. 4/2: Id was all nonsense wid me, so afore you could say Jack Lattin, I caught him wid my left hand under the ear. ‘Oh, by Gor!’ says I.at gor!, excl.
1829 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 5 Sept. 4/2: Id was all nonsense wid me, so afore you could say Jack Lattin, I caught him wid my left hand under the ear.at before you could say Jack Lattin under jack lattin, n.
1829 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 5 Sept. 4/2: ‘By the piper that played afore Moses,’ says he, ’ye’ll not go out ov my house till dhrink my health’.at by the piper (that played before Moses)! (excl.) under piper, n.4
1829 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 19 Dec. 4/2: Messrs Stay-tape and Buckram have [...] purchased a Bankrupt’s effects [etc].at staytape, n.
1831 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 5 Feb. 4/4: The fat porter waddling out of his ‘leathern conveniency,’ offered me egress.at leathern conveniency, n.
1831 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 5 Feb. 4/4: This one is a mere fopling; the other is a man of real fashion.at foplin, n.
1833 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 21 Dec. 3/1: Deceased was what I call ‘stale drunk’ when he left my house.at stale drunk, adj.
1838 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 17 Feb. 4/2: Magistrate— I had better order you to prison. Prisoner— I’m afraid I’m too loose to take orders now. Magistrate— [...] Well, young gentleman, you are too loose. [...] Officer, lock him up till he is sober.at loose, adj.
1839 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 16 Mar. 3/5: The ‘Corn Monopolizers’ now, Have a Deuced hit, Sir! [...] The Biters all are Bit, Sir.at deuced, adj.
1840 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 3 Oct. 4/2: My left ‘peeper’ was in mourning.at peeper in mourning (n.) under peeper, n.
1840 Exeter & Plymouth Gaz. 3 Oct. 4/2: ‘You’ve taken to a wig? ’ ‘Yes [...] come to scratch at last!’.at scratch, n.2