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More Mornings in Bow St. 3: ‘You are the gentleman just out of the Bench, who went down to Margate a fortune hunting, and married a she Methusaleh!!’.at Bench, the, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 3: ‘You are the gentleman just out of the Bench, who went down to Margate a fortune hunting, and married a she Methusaleh!!’. More Mornings in Bow St. 168: Miss Elizabeth Ferrers called Mr Fitzgerald ‘a bilk!’ (a term well known among the ladies and gentlemen of the saloons — signifying a cheat).at bilk, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 55: I shan’t stir till I’ve got my money, blow me if I do! at blow me!, excl.2
More Mornings in Bow St. 236: ‘Come here, blubberhead, and I’ll whop you!’.at blubber-head (n.) under blubber, n.2
More Mornings in Bow St. 42: Every operator in this game is attended by certain of his friends called eggers and bonnnetters — the eggers to egg on the green ones to bet, by betting themsleves; and the bonnetters, to bonnet any green one who may happen to win, that is to say, to knock his hat over his eyes while the operator and the others bolt with the stakes .at bonnetter, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 9: Humming bub and chilly grub of all sorts.at bub, n.1
More Mornings in Bow St. 41: Minor members of ‘The Fancy,’ who are technically called flat-catchers, and who pick up a very pretty living by means of a quick hand, a rattling tongue, a deal board, three thimbles, and a pepper-corn.at flat-catcher, n.1
More Mornings in Bow St. 114: Mr. Gough sen., ‘a seller of cabbages by commission in Common Garden’ [...] Mr. Gough, jun. was busly engaged in Covent Garden market [etc].at Common Garden, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 70: Tatham came to the tavern, evidently rather non compos.at non compos, adj.
More Mornings in Bow St. 200: He had long been in the nightly practice of annoying the theatre by manifestations of extreme corinthianism .at Corinthianism (n.) under corinthian, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 201: ‘I appeal to your worship’s discrimination whether i am either cracked, crazed, or mad?’.at cracked, adj.
More Mornings in Bow St. 140: Those economic substitutes for clean linen [...] yclep’d dickies and false collars.at dicky, n.1
More Mornings in Bow St. 44: Whateley [...] was seen to make seven unsuccessful dips into seven distinct pockets at Epsom races.at dip, n.1
More Mornings in Bow St. 44: The prisoner [...] denied he had dipped at all.at dip, v.2
More Mornings in Bow St. vi: [T]hy broad-daylight march through the public streets — link’d with draggle-tail'd drabs and divers.at diver, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 77: M’Gragh [...] was placed at the bar on a charge of double duffing a Mr Gow.at duff, v.1
More Mornings in Bow St. 42: Every operator in this game is attended by certain of his friends called eggers and bonnnetters — the eggers to egg on the green ones to bet, by betting themsleves; and the bonnetters, to bonnet any green one who may happen to win, that is to say, to knock his hat over his eyes while the operator and the others bolt with the stakes .at egger, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 72: James Pettit, a pure Emerald, apeared in custody.at Emeralder, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 178: ‘Were they drunk?’ [...] ‘Full to the neck, every one of ’em!’.at full to the neck (adj.) under full, adj.
More Mornings in Bow St. 251: She was then permitted to return to her labour [as a basket-woman] in the Garden.at Garden, the, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 40: ‘It was swipes I wanted — and not inkpots. But here pi.e. in court] I am — hard up!’.at hard-up, adj.
More Mornings in Bow St. 230: With respect to the irritating language complained of [...] the captain had ‘out-hectored Hector’.at hector, v.
More Mornings in Bow St. 69: [headline] Jonathan In London. An American gentleman [etc.].at Jonathan, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 68: Oh, laws! Oh, laws! there’s neither law nor justice to be had in this wicked world!at laws!, excl.
More Mornings in Bow St. 14: Uncomfortable as were the boxings, and blackings, and punchings, and leatherings aforesaid to his outward man.at leathering (n.) under leather, v.
More Mornings in Bow St. 148: The knowledge [of her own beauty] made her somewhat hightoploftical in her general demeanour.at top-loftical, adj.
More Mornings in Bow St. 133: But long before the Sessions came on he contrived to back out by doing the needful.at do the needful (v.) under needful, n.
More Mornings in Bow St. 154: The constables came up, and endeavoured to keep the peace by nobbling the combatants.at nobble, v.2
More Mornings in Bow St. 144: The parties are Paphian nymphs of the lowest grade.at Paphian, n.
More Mornings at Bow Street 5: Mr. Connelly is a native of Patland.at Patland (n.) under Pat, n.
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