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N.Y. Police Reports 141: John Smith, a disgusting animal, works one or two hours
in a day and then gets drunk on what he receives.at animal, n.1
N.Y. Police Reports 141: John Smith, a disgusting animal, works one or two hours
in a day and then gets drunk on what he receives. N.Y. Police Reports 22: [He] stopped in a grocery store [...] jist to take a drop, and took a drop too much. He naturally sunk into the arms of Murphy, (Morpheus.).at in the arms of murphy under arms of murphy, n.
N.Y. Police Reports 16: Previously to his incarceration in the black hole, he whispered audibly [etc].at black hole (n.) under black, adj.
N.Y. Police Reports 52: Catharine A.S—, face as red as a beet — a blubbering kind of concern, i. e. she is as fat as an Ethiopian.at blubber, n.2
N.Y. Police Reports 56: [A]t the same time he commenced bobbing me with a big iron.at bob, v.1
N.Y. Police Reports 52: Mary Long [...] would pass in Egypt for a captivating woman, except that she has carrotty hair.at carrotty, adj.
N.Y. Police Reports 20: [H]is face was red and his nose (Christopher what a nose!) looked as if it had been dipped in Tyrean die.at Christopher!, excl.
N.Y. Police Reports 18: In the boat [was] well replenished ‘crooskeen lawn,’ or in unpoetical language, a jug of whiskey 51: Jane Davis, sometimes recognized as Mrs. Lecruse, all the way from Kilkenny, has a peculiar fondness for a little crooskeen lawn.at cruiskeen lawn, n.
N.Y. Police Reports 15: Mr G.W.S. is wwell known [...] to the Cyprian ladies of this city.at Cyprian, adj.
N.Y. Police Reports 115: P[risoner]. (winking significantly,) I’ll take my affidavy of that. Sent to Bridewell.at davy, n.
N.Y. Police Reports 89: Our devil will play the deuce occasionally, and no one can stop him.at play the deuce (with) (v.) under deuce, the, phr.
N.Y. Police Reports 15: G.W.S—, a married man, who was in the habit of disguising himself, sometimes with distilled waters, and sometimes with a big hat.at disguise, v.
N.Y. Police Reports 56: The big Scotchman [...] swore he liked to elevate his head as well as another man.at elevate, v.1
N.Y. Police Reports 105: Susanna did visit the ‘Five Points’ — did pirouette and kick up her heels whenever she pleased. Susanna is fall’n, fall’n [...] Susanna is fall’n for 3 months into the Penitentiary!!! at fall, v.1
N.Y. Police Reports 50: Sarah Ann P , 20 years old — a sylph-like figure [...] was brought up for fingering wearing apparel, which belonged to other persons.at finger, v.
N.Y. Police Reports 42: An odd fish, (O. Fish,) a celebrated son of Crispin, had been at that celebrated and never-suffciently-to-be-condemned place, called the Five Points.at odd fish (n.) under fish, n.1
N.Y. Police Reports 24: Job says he met a stranger who was so kind as to give him $50. This was considered a kind of fish story.at fish story (n.) under fish, n.1
N.Y. Police Reports 52: Ginny Broady, is pretty generally gin-ny — came from Brooklyn on an errand, and was nigh being led astray by gin. Promised to go home.at ginny, adj.
N.Y. Police Reports 41: Elizabeth Guzzle is in the habit of guzzling, and breaking the peace of her peaceable neighbours.at guzzle, v.1
N.Y. Police Reports 122: Let me see — confoundedly awkward! Smith is out of the way, so is Jones, and be hanged to ’em.at hang, v.1
N.Y. Police Reports 23: M[agistrate]. How came you on Mr. — premises last night? P[risoner]. I was high, sir. M. Yes, so high that you were caught upon the top of his house.at high, adj.1
N.Y. Police Reports 103: A set of idlers, thieves, pick-pockets and robbers (called highbinderss) robbed a gentleman of $70 — one of the gang is
caught.at highbinder, n.
N.Y. Police Reports 94: [of a police cell] P[risoner] [T]hat darnation feller, there, (pointing to the watchman) walked in, and here I am in this tarnal hole.at hole, n.1
N.Y. Police Reports 41: [T]hou hadst better hook-it around yon’ corner.at hook, v.1
N.Y. Police Reports 24: Mr. Goss turned his
fingers into hooks, andhookedd a tolerable stock of wearing
apparel.at hook, v.1
N.Y. Police Reports 24: Mr. Goss turned his
fingers into hooks, andhookedd a tolerable stock of wearing
apparel.at hook, n.1
N.Y. Police Reports 97: Mr. S , Gent., walked off, between sun-set and sun-rise, with two coats — not his own coats. Is walked in.at in, adv.
N.Y. Police Reports 84: A gentleman of the names of William Wilson and Robert Rogers [...] was considered in New-Jersey, by the ‘Jersey blues,’ an odd sort of a traveller.at Jersey blues (n.) under Jersey, adj.
N.Y. Police Reports 51: Mrs Lecruse [...] has no aversion to a ‘kick up’ — may be considered a successful rival to the French dancers.at kick-up, n.
N.Y. Police Reports 36: She sees every thing after having surveyed the dregs of a
cup of tea, which was previously welllacedd (as it is called) with New England ‘sperrets’.at laced, adj.
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