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[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 29 Dec. 2/2–3: Cock fighting, Police, &c. – At an early hour, on a cold morning last week [...] the Watchmen up Broadway [...] seized two tall lank country men, dressed in linsey-woolsey trowsers; they had each in hand a large sack containing cocks, or he-biddies. [Ibid.] 2/4: All the cock-fighters in town got at me for meddling with their amusements, they bristled up their feathers; got on their gaffs, and made a tremendous effort to crow me off the field, if I did not leave them and their He-biddies alone.
at he-biddy (n.) under biddy, n.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 17 Dec. 2/2: Lottery. – The offices were crowded on Wednesday evening with persons to receive payment of large and small prizes, which were promptly paid. SEIXAS sold two 5,000 dollar prizes at his road to wealth — not an unapt name. How many jocund faces have been made, and heavy hearts lightened by the small shares of Fortune’s favour. Several screws were lightened.
at screw, n.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 4 Jan. 2/2: New Year Frolics. – Sundry Tom & Jerries have been arraigned for milling matches, but on account of the New Year frolics, they were discharged.
at tom and jerry, n.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 14 Nov. 2/3: There was considerable claret drawn [...] dominos shattered, bowsprit twisted away, and hulks otherwise damaged, till neither party was able to stand on his pins.
at bowsprit, n.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 3 Aug. 2/4: The Editor whereof is a brother chip of mine, having been brought up to the profession of a Baker [...] I do hereby request [him] to meet me any time he may think proper, at Mr. John Notter’s bake oven, armed with his own peel or swob, or any other instrument belonging to our trade… .
at brother chip (n.) under brother, n.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 28 May 2/3: On coming before the Judge again, she exulted at having ‘outwitted him,’ as she termed it, [...] and said that if any one bought her for a fool, they would want back part of their money.
at buy, v.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 22 Aug. 2/2: A strapping negro [is noisy in court]. The magistrate ordered him to be locked in the coal hole until he was quiet.
at coal-hole (n.) under coal, n.1
[Aus] N.Y. National Advocate 14 Nov. 2/3: There was considerable claret drawn [...] dominos shattered, bowsprit twisted away, and hulks otherwise damaged, till neither party was able to stand on his pins.
at domino, n.1
[Aus] N.Y. National Advocate 20 July 2: It seems that the project originated with Mr. Webster, who is a flaming republican of the new school.
at flaming, adj.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 28 May 2/3: On coming before the Judge again, she exulted at having ‘outwitted him,’ as she termed it, and asked him what ‘get off’ he would have now.
at get-off, n.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 14 Nov. 2/3: There was considerable claret drawn [...] dominos shattered, bowsprit twisted away, and hulks otherwise damaged, till neither party was able to stand on his pins.
at hulk, n.
[Aus] N.Y. National Advocate 14 Nov. 2/3: The Philistines, it is said, knew nothing of the affair till it was all over; so that the lamb-skin men have taken no notice of it.
at lambskin man (n.) under lamb, n.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 22 July 2/2: After an intense and laborious spoon exercise, it was decreed that Col. Stone, of the Commercial, being the greatest gourmand, was entitled to the leather medal, he having punished seven plates of soup.
at leather medal (n.) under leather, adj.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 14 Nov. 2/3: There was considerable claret drawn [...] dominos shattered, bowsprit twisted away, and hulks otherwise damaged, till neither party was able to stand on his pins.
at pin, n.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 3 May 2/2: Escaped from the Cock-pit in Liberty-st. while moving yesterday, three bantam Seriagapatam breed, and an English rooster, their feathers plucked, gaffs on – the rooster’s right eye a little punished – bantams plump for spring training.
at punish, v.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 15 Mar. 2/3: Streets. – The inspector of the first ward [intends] putting the corporation screws on all occupants of stores who are in the habit of encumbering the side pavements in an unlawful or improper manner.
at put the screw(s) on (v.) under screw, n.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 28 May 2/3: By this time her voice and gestures indicated that she was getting on the ‘high pressure’.
at blow off steam (v.) under steam, n.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 13 July 2/4: One of the leaders of this gang of counterfeiters waited on Mr. Warner, and showed him some specimens of notes purporting to be on the Washington and Warren bank, and observed, ‘that it was the stuff,’ and offered to see him (Mr. Warner) any amount of the notes.
at stuff, the, n.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 22 Aug. 2/2: Police. – Three swells were brought up early in the morning charged with wrenching one of the iron railings from the Park.
at swell, n.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 19 Jan. 2/4: Eight or ten ruffians came over the river into Trenton from Pennsylvania, on a ‘Tom and Jerry’ frolic. They went into a tavern, milled the landlord, broke the windows of a house.
at tom and jerry, adj.
[Aus] National Advocate 1 Feb. 2/3: Jerry was bottle holder; Dick held the stop watch; Bob trembled from the heart downwards; Elec was judge; and the hackmen turned their horses’ heads to Broadway and looked at the sport.
at bottle-holder (n.) under bottle, n.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 24 May 2/2: Long Island Races. — Yesterday a famous race was run between Piper and Jeanette. This was the crack match of the present races.
at crack, adj.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 16 Jan. 2/2: I was apprehensive that a ‘mountebank’ might allude to a person who was in the habit of spending his days in the cock-pit, and his nights at the piggery drinking gin, and being pigeoned at whist.
at pigeon, v.1
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 16 Jan. 2/2: I was apprehensive that a ‘mountebank’ might allude to a person who was in the habit of spending his days in the cock-pit, and his nights at the piggery drinking gin, and being pigeoned at whist.
at piggery, n.
[Aus] N.-Y. National Advocate 21 June 2/3–4: [headline] The Screws, No. 1. [...] It will be asked what object have the owners of the old Advocate, in thus seeking every occasion to put the screws upon me?
at put the screw(s) on (v.) under screw, n.1
[Aus] Nat. Advocate (Bathurst, NSW) 5 Jan. 2/6: There is no more money moving than may be found in the pockets of a Domain dosser after a park policeman has run the rule over him,.
at domain dosser (n.) under domain, n.
[Aus] Nat. Advocate (Bathurst, NSW) 3 Dec. 2/4: LANGWIDGE! A summons has just been issued against Bathurst resident for having let out a torent of ‘langwidge,’ which, according to the information, would raise the hair of a Yankee second mate.
at language!, excl.
[Aus] Nat. Advocate (Bathurst, NSW) 18 Feb. 2/3: [T]he ‘Yankee sweat’ man [...] that frantic individual who, with book in hand and bag round neck, yells to an appreciative circle — ’I’ll lay! I’ll lay!’.
at Yankee sweat (n.) under yankee, n.1
[Aus] Nat. Advocate (Bathurst, NSW) 14 Nov. 2/2: The mere threat of his party to undo the means by which they had grown great, to thus, play into the hands of the foreigners by putting the white ant of Free trade into the foundations of the home industries which had been established and fostered by Protection was enough.
at white-ant, v.
[Aus] Nat. Advocate (Bathurst, NSW) 20 May 2/4: If a ‘scrum’ is worth threepence what is a ‘kick’ worth ?
at scrum, n.1
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