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Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 18 Mar. 3/2: Alfred Waters, alias ‘Young Blade,’ was charged with stealing four partridges.at blade, n.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 18 Mar. 3/2: Alfred Waters, alias ‘Young Blade,’ was charged with stealing four partridges. Hastings & St. Leonards Obs. 13 Jan. 3/2: He had known him working as a ‘flying dustman.’ The prisoner was sentenced for nine calendar months.at flying dustman (n.) under flying, adj.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. (Sussex) 30 Mar. 2/5: ‘I’ve broken the crown of my best bonnet.’ [...] ‘My back is right soar and Sairey’s 3s. 9d. bonney is holley spiflicated’.at spiflicated, adj.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 8 Nov. 8/3: Chopchop means quick-quick.at chop-chop, adv.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 7 June 2/7: Between you and me, George, your doggery over that little affair has disgusted no small number of Rads themselves.at doggery, n.2
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 6 Sept. 2/8: The prisoner [...] said, ‘God blind me, I’ll kill Fred when I get home’.at blind me!, excl.
Hastings &St Leonards Obs. 9 June 6/1: It would be unfair to condemn the tens of thousands who seek a day’s recreation at the seaside simply because [...] some dozen of his class may make a hole in their manners.at make a hole in one’s manners (v.) under hole, n.1
Hastings & St. Leonards Obs. 4 June 2/5: No doubt that wise-head thought it a good idea to try and defeat the aims of his opponents by misrepresenting them.at wise-head (n.) under wise, adj.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 31 May 6/2: City of Birmingham and its coming association with Hastings. By ‘A Brummagem Button’.at Brummagem button (n.) under Brummagem, adj.
Hastings Obs. 15 Aug. 7/2: The crooks are led by ‘Flash Jack’, an expert with the throwing knife.at flash jack (n.) under flash, adj.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 31 Oct. 11/4: Speaking of Kipling [...] People said he had a swelled head, that he was ‘sidey.’ He was not a bit ‘sidey’.at sidey (adj.) under side, n.
Hastings Obs. 18 Jan. 6/2: What about all the rabbits [...] that got a reprieve from a sticky end by the death of this one fox.at sticky, adj.1
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 1 July 7/3: ‘Why not have a real good thundering row?’.at thundering, adj.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 14 July 6/4: They were a little ‘sla-happy about book-keeping’.at slap-happy, adj.
Hastings & St Leonards Obs. 21 Dec. 9/3: The reliable, rugged-looking countenance of Jack ball.at rugged, adj.
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