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Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 4/5: The ‘Markis’ rode him last Saturday— he’s number one, letter A, and no mistake.at A-1, adj.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 4/5: The ‘Markis’ rode him last Saturday— he’s number one, letter A, and no mistake. Bell’s Life in Tasmania 23 Aug. 3/6: ‘Lie still, blockhead’.at blockhead, n.1
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 19 July 4/2: [A] man whom I afterwards ascertained to be a ‘bonnet,’ and who upon all occasions took the parts of gentlemen's grooms.at bonnet, n.2
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 13 Sept. 3/6: Lanky went in, made a slasher on the brain pan followed by a [illegible] on the bread basket.at brainpan (n.) under brain, n.1
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 3/3: [T]he horsemanship of some of our ‘gay cavaliers’ deserves a word or two of mention; more especially the pluck and skill of Messrs. Clarke and Allison, who showed themselves regular ‘bruisers’.at bruiser, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 13 Sept. 3/3: If ever a ‘bumper house’ were deserved on a benefit night, the present occasion merits it doubly.at bumper, adj.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 4/4: [T]he housohold troops ‘who live at home at ease’ may be looked upon as ‘carpet knights’.at carpet knight, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 16 Aug. 3/3: [of racehorses] [H]alf-bred animals, which it would be heresy hereafter to denominate ‘cocktails’.at cocktail, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 2/7: [of a racehorse] The next is Miss Rowe, and a very aristocratic young lady she appears to be—a pretty, corkey, game looking mare.at corky, adj.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 2 Aug. 4/1: [A]s emphatically as if she had learned that all our navy had simultaneously gone to Davy's locker.at Davy Jones’s locker, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 2/6: [of a racehorse] [N]o one [...] could fancy him the ‘don’ of Australasia on seeing the wretched plight he was in on landing here.at don, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 19 July 4/2: ‘Going to the garden to-night?’' enquired the loquacious servitor; ‘Liston acts’.at Garden, the, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 2 Aug. 2/3: Cooke, Mr. Lord's trainer and rider, got a nasty kick in the ribs [...] from Quickstep [...] He says that he is glad to find her so playful, and that it will take a great deal more to ‘knock the gas out of him’ .at gas, n.1
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 6 Sept. 2/3: A most important addition to the ‘good things’ for next season is already promised in the way of Queen’s-plates, of 100 sovs each.at good thing, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 13 Sept. 3/6: His adversary [...] had a clean spare appearance about him, implying that he was ‘lanky’ by nature.at lanky, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 9 Aug. 3/5: [of the subject of a hunt] When, however, the long-tailed ’un did get up, he led the field a merry dance.at long-tailed ’un, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 13 Sept. 3/6: The parties [...] whom we shall respectively designate the ‘Polisher’ and : ‘Lanky’ .at polish off, v.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 13 Sept. 3/6: A sharp one two on the peepers.at peeper, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 9 Aug. 3/7: It [i.e. a tin caught in a crinoline] beat on the ground with the same kind of noise as dog that is tail-piped.at tail-pipe, v.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 26 July 2/2: Vain now are the attempts to pooh-pooh! the spirit of enterprise.at pooh-pooh, v.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 26 July 3/5: One straight going scarlet had the ill luck to lose his horse, from the latter falling at a stiff fence.at scarlet, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 13 Sept. 3/6: A [illegible] on the bread basket, which sent the Polisher to grass.at send to grass (v.) under send, v.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 13 Sept. 3/6: Lanky went in, made a slasher on the brain pan followed by a [illegible] on the bread basket.at slasher, n.1
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 30 Aug. 3/4: Many hundreds were betted on the result, both parties being particularly ‘sweet’.at sweet, adj.1
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 2/6: [T]here was a large assemblage of influencial Turfits to enjoy the good grub and first-rate wines.at turfite, n.
Bell’s Life in Tasmania 12 July 2/6: What a mistake Mr. Single made when he refused 800 yellow boys for an aged gelding! at yellow boy (n.) under yellow, adj.
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