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Isle of Wight Obs. 29 Oct. 3/5: I’ll be dod durned ef Reub. wazn’t eatin’ away still.at dod, n.1
Isle of Wight Obs. 29 Oct. 3/5: I’ll be dod durned ef Reub. wazn’t eatin’ away still. Isle of Wight Obs. 29 Oct. 3/5: Giz up, you holler-legged, pot-gutted, turkey buzzard.at pot-gutted (adj.) under pot, n.1
Isle of Wight Obs. 23 June 4/9: A match was played [...] betwen the second eleven of the Isle of Wight club, and the eleven of the ‘Dew-beaters’ (a club formed of the young men [...] who rise early in the morning [so] they get two or three hours of play before commencing their usual day duties).at dew-beaters (n.) under dew, n.
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 Aug. 3/2: Charles Cotton, a carman, was [...] charged with assault and threateing the life of john Haynes, a brother whip.at brother (of the) whip (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
Isle of Wight Obs. 14 Apr. 3/4: Our brother Jonathan thought they might as well take a drink; the idea was not catawampus, and as they had got a case of champagne [...] they proceeded to extermporise the same by discomboblificating the bottles of the case which enclosed them.at catawampus, adj.
Isle of Wight Obs. 14 Apr. 3/4: Our brother Jonathan thought they might as well take a drink; the idea was not catawampus, and as they had got a case of champagne [...] they proceeded to extermporise the same by discomboblificating the bottles of the case which enclosed them.at discombobulate, v.
Isle of Wight Obs. (Ryde) 7 Apr. 3/4: We admire timid and gentle things [...] and public men too like agreeable soft things, and look with applauding favour on the undescerning [sic] scribe.at soft thing, n.
Isle of Wight Obs. 28 Dec. 6/5: ‘It is well to be a postillion to the Gospel at these rates,’ says the sarcastic Clement Walker.at postilion of the gospel, n.
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 June 5/5: Now, what shall I do with those dolls? [...] An uglier couple I never did see. Awful bore.at bore, n.1
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 June 5/5: His doesn’t seem to be bothering him much [...] But then he’s so cool.at cool, adj.
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 June 5/5: Now, what shall I do with those dolls? [...] An uglier couple I never did see. Awful bore.at doll, n.1
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 June 5/5: You’ll let anyone twig the green in your optic.at see any green (in my eye)? under green, n.1
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 June 5/5: Can’t balance my book, hang it all!at hang it (all)! (excl.) under hang, v.1
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 June 5/5: Yah booh chuck ’em here, you old mivvy.at mivvy, n.3
Isle of Wight Obs. 6 June 5/5: Some old ’uns are gifted with savvy, but you’re not.at savvy, n.
Isle of Wight Obs. 16 July 6/1: Written in an uncomfortable style [...] mixed and interspersed with pot-hooks and hangers, with an apostrophe turned into a full-stop.at pothooks (and hangers), n.
Isle of Wight Obs. 21 Feb. 8/1: The young head of a patrician family [with[ an impoverished estate, or what his friends would term ‘a kick in his gallop’.at kick in one’s gallop (n.) under kick, n.5
Isle of Wight Obs. 25 Aug. 8/1: The weather this summer [...] has been dismal, dark, dreary [...] and deuced disappointing.at deuced, adv.
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