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[UK] in W. Hone Every-day Bk (1827) II 527: Tickets to be had for three Megs a Carcass to scran their Pannum-Boxes.
at scran, v.
[UK] W. Hone Every-day Bk I 51: Hard-bake, brandy-balls, and bulls’-eyes.
at bull’s eye, n.
[UK] W. Hone Everyday Bk I 91: Mother-o’-pearl fish and counters.
at fish, n.1
[UK] W. Hone Every Day Book II 33: Gerund-grinding and parsing are usually prepared for at the last moment [F&H].
at gerund-grinder, n.
[UK] Hone Every-day Bk I 768: An unfair game known among the frequenters of races and fairs by the name of ‘the thimble rig’ .
at thimble-rig, n.
[UK] W. Hone Every-Day Bk 7 Sept 631: Of all the wigs in Brighton town [...] There’s none like Johnny Townsend’s [...] (It is a scratch and not a queue).
at scratch, n.2
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