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Bell’s Penny Dispatch 10 Apr. 3/5: The trousers were the remains of light grey, interspersed with divers spots of grease, giving them the appearance that is significantly termed pepper-and-salt.at pepper and salt, n.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 10 Apr. 3/5: The trousers were the remains of light grey, interspersed with divers spots of grease, giving them the appearance that is significantly termed pepper-and-salt. Bell’s Penny Dispatch 17 Apr. 4/1: I never could bring myself to believe that such a wide-awake bird as Weare would allow himself to be hocussed.at wide-awake, adj.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 8 May 2/4: The gallant Brum, however, paid just as much attention to this observation as it deserved.at Brum, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 8 May 2/4: Cries from the Brumites of ‘Don’t hit him foul, Johnny’.at Brum, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 27 Feb. 2/5: That bullying snob Murphy, who thinks himelf the cock of the room.at cock, n.3
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 20 Mar. 3/2: [She] had sent the little coffin by her servant, with a note, saying, ‘that as she did not want either her or her bastard, she had sent her her box of cold-meat’ .at cold meat box (n.) under cold meat, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 8 May 2/4: A little blood was visible upon the konk of the Brum.at conk, n.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 10 Apr. 3/5: ‘The Minor Theatre?’ said Josh, reading the ticket; ‘why you don’t surely mean that low crib in Catherine Street?’.at crib, n.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 17 Apr. 4/2: ‘Pals be d—d [...] he’s only dropt in with crossmen a little more wide’o than himself’.at cross-man (n.) under cross, adj.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 20 Mar. 3/2: Wilson, the dancing master, at one time must have been knocking up a tidy crust.at crust, n.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 20 Mar. 3/3: They soon cut the dancing and formed a sort of ring around him, to hear his opinions as to the late fight.at cut, v.2
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 8 May 2/1: And they will try him, and he will / Be hung on Newgate tree. / Some morn he’ll take a drop too much; And I’ll be there to see.at take a drop too much (v.) under drop, n.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 27 Mar. 3/4: ‘[S]he’s not got over her drunk of last night’.at drunk, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 27 Mar. 3/3: ‘Don’t look black," he confirmed, turning to [Mother] Emerson [...] ‘you shall go too, my duchess’.at duchess, n.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 17 Apr. 4/2: Charlotte [...] had commenced unloosening his neck chain, whilst one of the men were endeavouring to ease him of a large emerald ring.at ease, v.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 1 May 2/5: [H]e has but to inquire for Mother H’s, the Cigar Cellars, or the more modern finish ‘The Town Hotel,’ Bow Street, to ensure him a plentitude of amusement.at Finish, the, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 20 Mar. 2/5: ‘Och, Miss Pat, What were you at? Your Irish letter much has teased me.’ [...] ‘Good Mr. T., You first did see, A French one surely might have eased ye!’.at French letter, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 8 May 2/4: [P]eople began to think that he was gammoning.at gammon, v.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 27 Mar. 3/3: Russel got on as usual with brandy-and-water.at get on, v.2
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 8 May 2/5: A pull and haul-away struggle; Bungaree down on his latter end, and Brush on his knees.at pully-hawly, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 27 Mar. 3/2: [T]he dose was too even for him for, need we say, it was a powerful hocuss, and he fell upon the ground.at hocus, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 20 Mar. 3/3: There was one girl [...] who, although a child, had been making it all right, (so it seemed to me) with one of the young swells.at make it, v.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 3 Apr. 3/5: [F]eeling a desire to imbibe the fluids, we accordingly entered the lushery.at lushery, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 27 Mar. 3/3: The [...] grew wild, and I thought we should have to mill him.at mill, v.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 3 Apr. 3/1: Bob H— [...] descanted long and learnedly upon the subject of mills and milling coves.at milling-cove (n.) under milling, n.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 17 Apr. 4/2: ‘Don't say a word [...] if you wish to escape without a mugging’.at mugging, n.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 17 Apr. 4/2: [H]e smiled, and, unseen, gave us the wink [...] ‘I thought it would be queer if they could nip him so sweet as that,’ said Curtis.at nip, v.1
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 27 Feb. 2/5: Mr. Prederi c Fi e ld, the swell jeweller and nobby chaunter.at nobby, adj.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 17 Apr. 4/2: ‘Pals be d—d [...] he’s only dropt in with crossmen a little more wide’o than himself’.at wide-o, adj.
Bell’s Penny Dispatch 17 Apr. 4/2: ‘I’ll learn you to try and pinch me, my nabs’.at pinch, v.
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