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letter in Fraser’s Mag. Dec. 537/2: Still more wanton was it to represent him as being less cordial to me at one time than another; and, as you facetiously call it, ‘playing the captain grand’.at Captain Grand (n.) under captain, n.
letter in Fraser’s Mag. Dec. 537/2: Still more wanton was it to represent him as being less cordial to me at one time than another; and, as you facetiously call it, ‘playing the captain grand’. Fraser’s Mag. III 679/2: there is great danger of every thing becoming. forced and unnatural, and all other qualities sacrificed to a catchy, stage-like effect, both as regards subject, composition, and execution.at catchy, adj.
Fraser’s Mag. V. 85: My only good suit is at present under the avuncular protection.at avuncular, adj.
Fraser’s Mag. Sept. 250/2: He is a clever Dick — as spry as a frog, and almost, though not quite, a man for talents of the secondary degree.at clever dick, n.
Fraser’s Mag. V. 530: Is it not a shame to give me a lifer, and they only a month each? at lifer, n.
Fraser’s Mag. VIII. 30: Thistlewood was suspended by the finisher of the law .at finisher, n.
Fraser’s Mag. Feb. 196/1: To cheat poor old Nimrod of his dinner, that he might deluge his own stomach with fat ale [etc.].at fat ale (n.) under fat, adj.
Reliques Father Prout in Fraser’s Mag. Dec. 671/1: I’ll...scuttle your nob with my fist .at scuttle someone’s nob (v.) under scuttle, v.
Fraser’s Mag. Feb. 235/2: The liquor [...] pardon the expression [...] came under the the denomination of ‘whistle-belly vengeance’.at whistle-belly vengeance (n.) under whistle, n.
in Fraser’s Mag. 10 Oct. n.p.: Sam, the stable boy [...] said it was all dicky, and bid us drive on the nex’ page.at all dicky with under dicky, adj.1
Fraser’s Mag. July 47/2: He stands a very good chance of [...] dancing a Newgate hornpipe at the foreyard-arm.at Newgate hornpipe (n.) under Newgate, n.
Fraser’s Mag. Aug. 154: Hating still more a stop by such a quisby.at quisby, n.
Fraser’s Mag. Aug. 226/1: The short way would have been, when the young painter’s intentions were manifest [...] to have requested him immediately to quit the house; or, as Mr. Gann said, ‘to give him the sack at once’.at give someone the sack (v.) under sack, n.
Fraser’s Mag. XXIII. 59: Pun, riddles, cons, etc. are low.at con, n.1
‘Fitzboodle’s Confessions’ Fraser’s Mag Apr. 472/1: One of the first swells on [sic] town ma’am — a regular tip-topper.at tip-topper, n.
Fraser’s Mag. Jan. 79/2: The symptoms of genius breed in our minds just so many suspicions, till genius itself must [...] pass upwards from the ranks to the command ; or it will be derided as a mere carpet warrior — a gay popinjay of scarlet and feathers.at carpet knight, n.
Fraser’s Mag. Jan. 10: [note] ‘Oh, Jacob, Jacob, tipsy again!’ we once said to a parishioner, whom we met tottering along considerably obfuscated.at obfuscated, adj.
Fraser’s Mag. Jan. 70/1: When the one had had his smoke, he was expected to ‘make a long arm’ and hand it over to the other.at make a long arm (v.) under arm, n.
Fraser’s Mag. LXXX 340: Both speak English with a strong Eurasian (chee chee) accent ; and both are alike vain, frivolous, idle, false, and pusillanimous.at chee-chee, adj.
Fraser’s Mag. XV. 221: Afterwards the fish are broken out and washed, and then packed in wooden hogshead casks .at break out, v.
Fraser’s Mag. 646/1: ‘Whoa, Emma!’— the burden of a music-hall song — (this because the user had no other answer ready).at whoa, Emma, phr.
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