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Life in the West II 35: His [...] plight deceived all the spectators bar those previously acquainted with how the result was to be, who knew that the principal part was all ‘sham Abraham’.at sham-Abraham, adj.
Life in the West II 35: His [...] plight deceived all the spectators bar those previously acquainted with how the result was to be, who knew that the principal part was all ‘sham Abraham’. Life in the West I 144: ‘I have obtained a new pack of “concave and convex” cards [...] See, the low cards are convex at the sides, and concave at the top and bottom, the high cards concave at the sides, and convex at the top and bottom . When you want to cut the packs low [...] you take the cards across for low, and lengthways for high.at concaves and convexes, n.
Life in the West I 47: [T]hey ‘bleed’ their victims to death, or as long as they can ‘draw’ them of a pound.at bleed, v.1
Life in the West I 130: [headline] A Land at Blind Hookey.at blind hookey (n.) under blind, adj.1
Life in the West I 212: These persons also pick up flats at places of refreshment, &c. and bring them under their arms to the tables to which they are attached. These bonnets are also very useful in another way [etc].at bonnet, n.2
Life in the West II 18: [T]here was a pretty strong muster of the fancy [...] On account of the expectation that a match would be made or announced for the championship, it was a bumper.at bumper, n.2
Life in the West I 121: He adjusted the ‘cheek screens’ as well as they could be done without fresh gum and a looking glass.at cheek screens, n.
Life in the West I 284: Your toggery is better, and you can come the lingo so well’.at come the..., v.
Life in the West I 241: Aces and deuce ace are crabs to all the mains. Twelve is crabs to the mains five, seven, or nine; and eleven is crabs to five, six, eight, or nine. When crabs are thrown, the caster is out, and the box passes.at crabs, n.1
Life in the West I 308: ‘[A] little drop of the craiter’.at creature, the, n.
Life in the West I 85: . The technical phraseology used among the tribe of black-legs is ‘are you in the secret? How is it to be? Which is to lose ?’ — ‘Is it a cross?’ &c [ibid] 102: ‘A cross means [...] a match made to rob the public indiscriminately, and a double cross means, a match concocted by one party of Greeks to come off apparently one way, but intended to come off oppositely, to rob another party of Greeks, and that portion of the public, who may fall into the snare’.at cross, n.1
Life in the West I 136: ‘I have always thought it extremely weak of a sporting man, to risk money upon “square,” when he makes it upon the “cross”’.at on the cross under cross, n.1
Life in the West II 31: ‘I am only out a eouple of hundred. Lord K— lost deep’.at deep, adv.
Life in the West I 47: [T]hey ‘bleed’ their victims to death, or as long as they can ‘draw’ them of a pound.at draw, v.1
Life in the West I 282: ‘What a handsome fellow you are, you're quite a duck of a man’.at duck, n.1
Life in the West I 285: ‘I know, ducky, you won’t mind my asking’.at ducky, n.
Life in the West I 85: The players at that ‘hell’ were ‘eased’ of upwards of £2000.at ease, v.1
Life in the West I 282: ‘My eyes and limbs! he’ll make a fine flat’.at my eye(s)!, excl.
Life in the West II 13: [H]e could get no backers, on account of the cross he fought with ‘goggle-eyed Sawney’.at goggle-eyed, adj.
Life in the West II 89: Paddy had much the advantage of weight, and altogether had the appearance of a ‘finisher’ .at finisher, n.
Life in the West II 34: From Fishmongers’ Hall, through other gaming-houses, down to the lowest pot-house, all exhibited a busy scene.at Fishmongers’ Hall, n.
Life in the West II 38: Lord Hulse, Mr. Friske, M. P., and Captain Welldone cleared upwards of four thousand pounds [...] What the spiders of the ‘Hall’ netted by the transaction must be left to be guessed at.at Fishmongers’ Hall, n.
Life in the West II 30: It may not be amiss to mention [...] that sporting men enter a real bet on one side and a gammoning one on the other.at gammon, v.
Life in the West I 192: Out just twelve ‘gold-finches’ each upon a good adventure.at goldfinch (n.) under gold, adj.
Life in the West II 127: The ‘gravel teazers’ were made [...] The boot-maker was ushered into the drawing-room, with the bag of boots and shoes.at gravel-teazers (n.) under gravel, n.
Life in the West II 32: [A] great number of persons were made to believe that Wack’em was being backed heavy by the tip-tops.at heavy, adv.
Life in the West I 285: Cantwell .—‘Do you go to Ascot next week?’ The Major.—‘O ! certainly, I’m heavy for the gold cup’.at heavy, adj.
Life in the West II 29: Harry.— Are you heavy upon the fight, sir?’ [...] Hellite [...] ‘Not wery. I bets the hodds’.at heavy, adj.
Life in the West I 1: Thus they appeared , in no time, upon the ‘high Toby,’ upon the grand look-out for fresh flats.at high-toby, n.
Life in the West I 51: When he made a ‘hit,’ he immediately paid off what bills he could.at hit, n.
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