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[UK] Islington Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/1: My friend Tomkins, what keeps the ’bacca-shop next door.
at bacca, n.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/1: The Johnsville Brickey answered the shout [...] with an exultant whoop.
at brickie, n.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/3: It resolves itself into two courses:- Beer, long clays, and agitation; or, silence, secrecy, and surprise.
at long clay (n.) under long, adj.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/1: One [...] put on for the occasion the garb of a humanity-monger.
at -monger, sfx
[UK] Islington Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/1: Uttering one of his peculiar cries, ‘Tickle me Toby, and I’ll tickle you,’ [he] leaped into the arena.
at tickle someone’s toby (v.) under tickle, v.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 16 Nov. 3/4: ‘Remember the day on which the defendant first appeared in his cat skin-hat’.
at cat-skin (n.) under cat, n.1
[UK] Islington Gaz. 12 Dec. 2/2: We have a decided opinion that Napoleon’s advice as to the proproety of ‘washing one’s dirty linen at home’, is worthy of being held in remembrance.
at dirty laundry (n.) under dirty, adj.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 20 May 2/2: If suck ‘gammocks’ were attempted in Cheapside [...] they would very speedily be stopped.
at gammocks, n.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 18 Oct. 3/4: The casual in Bumble’s eyes is an abominable thing [...] The ruffian casual laughs at him and sings funny and often times libellous songs [...] as he breaks stones or picks oakum.
at bumble, n.1
[UK] Islington Gaz. 17 Dec. 2/6: On Wedbnesday night he came home intoxicated, and in the morning asked [...] for a ‘livener’ (a cup of tea with some gin in it).
at livener, n.
[UK] (ref. to 1856) Islington Gaz. 1 Oct. n.p.: Readers of ‘Little Dorrit’ will recall the collegians of Marshalsea.
at collegian, n.
[UK] islington Gaz. 3 Sept. 3/3: The hideous stew, embracing Bit-alley, Frying-pan-alley, Rose-alley, Broad-yard and known collectively as ‘Jack Ketch’s Warren’.
at Jack Ketch’s warren (n.) under Jack Ketch, n.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 30 Dec. 2/5: An inquiry was held on Friday, before Dr Lankester, at ‘The Castle’.
at Holloway castle, n.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 12 July 3/3: Vulcan [...] acting as skinker [...] does not forget to dip his own nose in bowl.
at skinker, n.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 17 Sept. 3/4: The possibility of obtaining a pot o’ four-half might have proved one great attraction.
at four-half (n.) under four, adj.
[UK] Islington Gaz. 7 Jan. 2/3: Once again there was no reference to the people, but it [i.e. a bill] was obsequiously passed by the peerage and the beerage.
at beerage (n.) under beer, n.
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