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[UK] London Dispatch 4 Dec. 3/3: the Wapping coalheavers [...] professed themselves so affronted at his ‘cagmag’ dainties, that they seized his pie-oven and rubbed his nose in his own pies.
at cagmag, adj.
[UK] London Dispatch 13 Nov. 70/1: ‘Dusty Bob’ and his ‘Oss’ — A flying dustman [...] was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having stolen a bottle of champagne.
at dusty, n.1
[UK] London Dispatch 23 Oct. 5/1: The house was described by one witness as lodging-house, and another a gay house.
at gay house (n.) under gay, adj.
[UK] London Dispatch 10 Oct. 1/3: Tom and Jerryism in Switzerland [...] Some scandalous scenes have taken place at Interlaken [...] occasioned by the drunken frolics of a half a dozen English.
at tom-and-jerryism (n.) under tom and jerry, n.1
[UK] London Dispatch 5 Mar. 8/1: [headline] Mind Your Eye!
at mind your eye! (excl.) under eye, n.
[UK] London Dispatch 5 Aug. 8/4: On Quackery — Quackery has been described as ‘mean, bad acts in physic — deceit’.
at quackery (n.) under quack, n.1
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