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Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 9 July 8/3: A New Omnibus Dodge A lady [...] cautions the public against ‘gentlemen’ in omnbuses with flowers [...] She found that she had been robbed of her purse.at dodge, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 9 July 8/3: A New Omnibus Dodge A lady [...] cautions the public against ‘gentlemen’ in omnbuses with flowers [...] She found that she had been robbed of her purse. Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 7 Jan. 5/3: The prisoners [...] are marched to the quarter-deck of the Hulk [...] then ordered 'forward' under the forecastle of this floating academy.at floating academy, n.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 7 Jan. 5/3: He will be punished by having his 'rations' stopped [and] put in the 'dark-hole' for eight days on 3/4 lbs. of bread.at hole, n.1
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 22 Dec. 9/1: Among whom will be found many of Jacky Bull’s favourites.at John Bull, n.1
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 16 June 1/1: In the flash phraseology of the day, [a fellow] is said to have plenty of ‘cheek’.at cheek, n.2
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 16 June 1/1: ‘You’re not cheeking it, I don’t think,’ said a young urchin to a ragged pal.at cheek, v.1
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 16 June 1/1: We shall not be deemed profabne in permitting the parsons to associate themselves in our mind with the ‘cheeky’ urchins of St Giles’s.at cheeky, adj.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 22 May 8/3: [She] can transform the most smock-faced youth into the most hairy Samson.at smock-faced, adj.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 15 May 8/5: The complainant is a tradesman, who has several times been fined for cheating the poor, by ‘riding the monkey’ and other devices for giving false weights.at riding the monkey under monkey, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 17 Aug. 12/2: he was a ‘holy show;’ he was covered all over with fly paper, or what are technically called Catch-’em-alive Os’.at catch ’em (all) alive-o, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 17 Aug. 12/2: he was a ‘holy show;’ he was covered all over with fly paper, or what are technically called Catch-’em-alive Os’.at holy show, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 18 Sept. 8/2: In the society of some pert dollymop.at dollymop, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 9 Sept. 6/2: He was [...] dressed in a black frock coat, black indescribables, and a yellowish vest and white ‘next-to-me’.at indescribables, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 9 Sept. 6/2: He was [...] dressed in a black frock coat, black indescribables, and a yellowish vest and white ‘next-to-me’.at next-to-me, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 24 Nov. 6/4: [...] A testimonial offered to a young lady because she defended her virtue [...] is preposterous.at left-handed compliment (n.) under left-handed, adj.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 23 Mar. 4/5: He was twice attacked by bands of ‘scutlers’ who infested the streets of Salford.at scuttler, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 23 Mar. 4/5: I’ve been doing a sneak for a thimble (meaning watch) .at thimble, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 3 Dec. 1/1: Lord Salisbury [...] became as prodigal of speech as a running patterer.at running patterer (n.) under running, adj.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 14 Dec. 12/4: A Modern Knight of the Road —A case of alleged attempted highway robbery came before the Hastings magistrates.at knight of the road, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 22 Apr. 2/5: That ’ere Mr Williams was a real square cove [...] If there was more of the like of ’im amongst the beaks there wouldn’t be quite so many bad ’uns about.at square cove (n.) under cove, n.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/5: 'Bother the woman,' said I to myself.at bother!, excl.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/4: There was something irresitably comical about the cut of this amateur casual.at casual, n.1
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/4: 'You have got wet, I see.' 'Yes, old boy [...] there has been a dowry of parny lately'.at dowry, n.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/5: Here's erth-yeneps [...] and I wish it were erth-gens.at earth gens, n.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/5: Here's erth-yeneps [...] and I wish it were erth-gens.at earth yenneps, n.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/5: 'Here's erth-yeneps [...] and I wish it were erth-gens.' 'Never mid, Mick [...] It's better than erth-sith-noms'.at earth, n.1
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/5: Sidling up to Joe he whispered, 'Ewit gens'.at ewif gens, n.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/6: Mary Ann flung open the door [...] with a shriek of 'Lawks-a-mercy!'.at lawks-a-mussy! (excl.) under lawks!, excl.
Lloyd's Wkly Newspaper 3 Jan. 6/5: You hav'n't been copped by a namesclop, have you, Joe?at namesclop, n.
Lloyd’s Wkly Newspaper 6 Sept. 3/3: The common slang of street thieves who ‘buzzed a bloke on the fly’.at buzzing, n.1
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