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[UK] Isle of Man Times 6 Nov. 5/3: Hash-Shop Case. Esther Graham, the keeper of an eating-house in James-street was charged with selling spirits.
at hash-house, n.
[UK] Isle of Man Times 13 Apr. 2/4: |Allow me to congratulate the rate-payers of Douglas upon the deserved ‘kick-out’ [...] I am infortmed that the late rev. chairman, treating the dismissal of the Education Board with contempt, actually went [etc.].
at kickout, n.
[UK] Isle of Man Times 13 Apr. 2/4: The ‘rows’ on the School Committee are known and canvassed on the other side of the water.
at water, the, n.
[UK] Isle of Man Times 19 June 4/4: We have travelled on the railways in those districts [...] and know [...] that the Manx lines ‘geat them all to fits’ for comfort, speed and general management.
at beat into fits (v.) under beat, v.
[UK] Isle of Man Times 17 Nov. 8/5: Sir,—I would advise Mr James Cowin [...] to ‘draw it mild’. I don’t think he can afford to call people foul names.
at draw it mild, v.
[UK] Isle of Man Times 23 Feb. 5/7: Macclesfield, locally known as ‘Treacle Town’.
at Treacle Town, n.
[UK] Isle of Man Times 6 Nov. 4/6: Buterworth and thompson were the best of the bunch.
at bunch, n.1
[UK] Isle of Man Times 19 Jan. 2/8: Ben Kewly, who supplied me with turnips and ‘bog oranges’ (Laughter).
at bog oranges (n.) under bog, n.3
[UK] Isle of Man Times 23 July 2/1: he made a ‘dive’ at one of the ladie’s pockets.
at dive, n.1
[UK] Isle of Man Times 2 Sept. 6/4: If they were not disturbed by the police they would put the bones back [...] and Mrs Corris said she would keep ‘nix’.
at keep nix (v.) under nix!, excl.
[UK] Isle of Man Times 18 Nov. 3/1: Venerable countrymen were seen tooling along the roads.
at tool along (v.) under tool, v.
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