![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States")
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: [W]hose face resembles an old ham that has been hung out to dry in some back house.at backhouse (n.) under back, adj.2
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: [W]hose face resembles an old ham that has been hung out to dry in some back house. Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: Angela P— [...] running around and declaring it was false, in regard to Daniel S. P—, enjoying her charms?at charms, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: If she does not stop her street-walking, she will get a dose through your columns that a certain apothecary will not take out.at dose, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: He is assisted in his trade of small thievery by a sbub-noses pup who almost exceeds him in the cheat game, doubtless to enable him to ‘knock down’ more liberally.at knock down, v.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: This worthy filcher of chickens has done a smart business.at filcher, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: [We] should be happy to receive some information [...] from any of the ‘knowing ones’.at knowing, adj.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: A very unruly member, which is continually wagging about other business than her own.at unruly member (n.) under member, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: A host of others, ‘girls of the pave,’ both of your city and Salem.at nymph of the pavé, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: The particulars of a most diabolical piece of villiany [sic] [...] which we shall serve up with pepper-sauce in our next.at pepper, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: Tommy [...] was a sad boy, but Ben [...] is rather too much pumpkins for him.at too much pumpkins (n.) under pumpkin, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: As I was puffing a smoker he [...] was polite enough to demand me to put out my cigar.at smoker, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: Girls of easy virtue they call ‘stinkers’.at stinker, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: Should think Marm P. had better look further for a tiger to protect her, than such a swell head as yourself!at tiger, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: We have had our eyes upon the ‘three beautiful ladies in black’ [...] These choice tit-bits have returned to New York.at tit-bit (n.) under tit, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 1 Sept. n.p.: THat white-headed, specled faced, snub-nosed, she-trout will get a kick in her seat of honor.at trout, n.2
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 27 Apr. n.p.: The theatrical Irishman, who [...] utters the phrase — ‘Och, blood-an-’ouns,’ at least twice in every sentence.at blood and ’ounds!, excl.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 6 Apr. n.p.: Cabman Ful—r, a great lover of the ardent.at ardent, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 6 Apr. n.p.: Gas bag was seen [...] rushing up Main street at a killing rate, wearing a 2,40 bell-teazer.at bell-teazer (n.) under bell, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 18 May n.p.: The victim is in most cases happy to bleed freely for the benefit of his persecutor, in order to purchase his silence.at bleed, v.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 7 Sept. n.p.: The new landlord gave a free ‘blow’ to his friends and the public.at blow, n.3
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 6 Apr. n.p.: Rachel is boarding at Anna Clark’s establishment.at board, v.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 18 May n.p.: ‘Ah miscreant [...] prepare to kick the bucket!’’.at kick the bucket, v.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 7 Sept. n.p.: [He] swells around with the ballet girls and is ‘bully’ in all the brothels and drinking shops.at bully, adj.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 27 Apr. n.p.: ‘Golly that is a watch, though! how much did that cost you?’ ‘That’s only a burner, worth a dollar ot two’.at burner, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 7 Sept. n.p.: Some of them indulge in the sweets of Bacchus [...] and even keep a jug of the ‘how came you so’ by them!at how came you so, phr.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 10 Aug. n.p.: The biggest kind of cat house, including girls, pimp, French spring bed-steads, three-dollar per bottle chapmagne (cider) and all the other fixin’s.at cat-house, n.
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 18 May n.p.: The mistress of this precious establishment has long been known as a sly old ‘ketcher’ and merits the attention of the police.at catcher, n.3
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 10 Aug. n.p.: A creature [...] who scrapes cat-gut for a living.at catgut-scraper (n.) under catgut, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 10 Aug. n.p.: The maid threw many sheep’s eyes at the cat-gut tormentor.at catgut-scraper (n.) under catgut, n.1
Life in Boston & N.Y. (Boston, MA) 10 Aug. n.p.: That interesting youth, who is reported to have become very intimate with such cattle.at cattle, n.
load more results