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[US] N.Y. Enquirer 24 July 2/2: A broker sells stock ahead to another broker; the day arrives, he cannot deliver, and he cannot pay the difference; he is called a lame duck, and waddles out of Wall-street for a day or two, and waddles back to his old office and opens shop again.
at lame duck, n.1
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 20 July 2/1: [Jacob Barker is ‘alive and well’, bustling about Wall-street during this crisis] . . . ’tis [said] that Jacob has touched the mopusses, has held his [...] out in the shower of gold.
at mopus, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 4 May 2/2: The fact is, no dramatic concern in this country is carried on with less of ‘gag and humbug’ than the Park, and no generous or liberal person would prefer such charges.
at gag, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 4 June 2/3: These ‘hells’ are principally situated in the vicinity of the Theatres.
at hell, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 11 Jan. 2/2: I am blessed with a tippling husband . . . [who locks me up] whenever he intends wetting his jacket.
at wet one’s jacket (v.) under jacket, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 4 June 2/3: Among the most common and destructive [gambling games] are Faro Banks, Roulette Tables, Billiard Tables, Card Tables, and Nine Pin Alleys; some of which are now almost invariably the accompaniments of the numerous ‘rum holes’ with which our city is thronged.
at rum-hole (n.) under rum, n.2
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: 7th and last round. — This beat Cockfighting, for on coming to the scratch it was seen that the Pink had got his other peeper closed; he then stood no chance; and after a severe blow in the bread-basket, gave in.
at that beats cockfighting under beat, v.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Pink cautious, and shifted to avoid the blows of the Coalman [who was] both weak and bellows to mend.
at bellows to mend under bellows, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: His birdseye fogle was tied to the rails by Col. Brim-Stone, his second.
at bird’s eye fogle, n.
[US] N.Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Pink had got his other peeper closed; he then stood no chance; and after a severe blow in the bread-basket, gave in.
at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Coalman got the Pink’s head into chancery and fibbed him to his heart’s content.
at in chancery under chancery, n.
[US] N.Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Coalman sparred cautiously, and gave the Pink a severe blow on the victualling office, who returned on his knob, and drew the first claret.
at claret, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 30 May 2/4: Catherine Roff, who was implicated in an extensive robbery, last year, was brought up, charged with having made a wholesale drag, at the house of Mr. Jonathan Fay, 66 William-st., where she was a servant.
at drag, n.1
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 30 May 2/4: Finding that the contest was unequal, [...] two of the rogues pulled foot, and the prisoner, Wilson, [...] was following their example, when the complainant laid hands upon him.
at pull foot (v.) under foot, n.
[US] N.Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Coalman has proved himself an ugly customer [in a prize-fight], and not to be rashly encountered by Jonny Raws.
at Johnny Raw, n.
[US] Morning Courier (N.Y.) 15 Oct. 2/4: police office. Justice Wyman presiding. As usual, a few assaults, batteries, larcenies, rows, kick-ups, &c. &c. &c.
at kick-up, n.
[US] N.Y. Enquirer 27 May 2/3: ‘Larking’ Renewed, or Gentlemen, of course!
at larking, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: Though his former encounters had added little to his fame as a milling cove.
at milling-cove (n.) under milling, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Pink’s left peeper, closed; both the Coalman’s in mourning.
at in mourning under mourning, n.
[US] N.Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Pink had got his other peeper closed; he then stood no chance; and after a severe blow in the bread-basket, gave in.
at peeper, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 29 Feb. 2/1–2: The poor negro seemed overwhelmed with astonishment. The sailor replied, ‘What, ain’t it enough — well Snowball I can’t give you any more now — be here at 12 o’clock tomorrow.’.
at snowball, n.2
[US] N.Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: From his known bottom and spunk, it was thought he stood a good chance if he could withstand the first rush of the Pink.
at spunk, n.
[US] N.-Y. Enquirer 15 Apr. 2/4: The Coalman has proved himself an ugly customer [in a prize-fight], and not to be rashly encountered by Jonny Raws.
at ugly customer (n.) under ugly, adj.
[US] Morning Courier and N.-Y. Enquirer 17 June 1/7: A real knock-down and drag-off battle.
at knock-down-(and)-drag-out, adj.
[US] Morning Courier and N.-Y. Enquirer 18 Nov. 2/5: The midnight brawlers, [...] well acquainted with all the disgusting recesses of the ‘Coal Hole’.
at coal-hole (n.) under coal, n.1
[US] Morning Courier (N.Y.) 15 June 1/6: The Negroes keep their jubilee; While Cuffee, with protruding lip, Bravuras to the darky’s skip [DA].
at cuffy, n.
[US] Morning Courier and N.-Y. Enquirer 17 Sept. 1/6: [The plaintiff said] skylarking meant cutting monkey-shine capers.
at monkey shine, n.
[US] Morning Courier and N.-Y. Enquirer 10 Oct. 2/3: That portion of the extremities known to milling coves and thruffs as the bunch of fives.
at thruff, n.
[US] Morning Courier and N.-Y. Enquirer Jan. 23 2/1: Several splendid parties have been given by those who rank A No. 1 in the beau monde.
at A-1, adj.
[US] Morning Courier and N.-Y. Enquirer 25 Mar. 2/2: The driver of the carriage, assisted them to alight for this purpose, but no sooner had they got into the Exchange, than they proceeded to make their escape, with the design of bilking the driver.
at bilk, v.
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