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Post 28 Mar. 11/1: Everybody I meet seems to be smoking the fierce black cigarette that is commonly met with in France [...] They used to be called ‘stinkers’ by the Tommies.at stinker, n.1
Post 28 Mar. 11/1: Everybody I meet seems to be smoking the fierce black cigarette that is commonly met with in France [...] They used to be called ‘stinkers’ by the Tommies. Post (Lanarks.) 8 May 3/4: I was pulled down on my knees, and, Mother o’ Moses! the nigger told me to salaam.at Moses!, excl.
Post 26 Nov. 13/2: It was a great finish to a glorious game married only by one deliberate act that earned Howieson his walking orders.at walking orders (n.) under walking, n.
Post (Lanarks.) 10 Jan. 8/1: Toodle-oo, old thing.at toodle-oo, phr.
Post (Lanarks.) 6 June 8/2: Chimiez will romp home in a canter.at romp home (v.) under romp, v.
Post (Lanarks.) 23 Oct. 7/4: Charged with shebeening on three separate occasions [he[] was fined £75. His wife [...] sold one and a half gills of whisky to an eleven-year-old girl.at shebeen, v.
Post (Lanarks.) 10 Aug. 2/1: ‘Ecilop lortep snopuoc teg dir fo meht.’ [...] (Police ptrol coupns. Get rid of them). [...] This urgent message in backslang is alleged to have been shouted to a woman [etc.].at esclop, n.
Post (Falkirk) 12 Oct. 9/5: Kiddish-looking heels!at kiddish (adj.) under kid, n.1
Post (Lanarks.) 11 May 6/3: I lost my ‘wool’ due to shell shock from the 1914-18 war.at wool, n.1
Post (Falkirk) 29 Mar. 4/1: While the British fought we debated. We waited for the enemy to knock our ears off so we could be certain that he meant us no good.at knock the ears off (v.) under ear, n.1
Post (Lanarks.) 29 Mar. 7/5: Only in recent years has the jawbox bath become an out-moded institution.at jarbox, n.
Post (Lanarks.) 9 Aug. n.p.: Highpockets caught and saddled a runty, jug-headed roan for her.at jugheaded, adj.
Post (Lanarks.) 7 Feb. 18/4: Services Slang [...] Navy [...] Gannet — greedy seaman.at gannet, n.
Post (Lanarks.) 7 Feb. 18/4: Services Slang [...] Navy [...] Head Rails — Teeth.at head rails (n.) under head, n.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/3: Absquatulate — depart.at absquatulate, v.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/2: The alligator’s adenoids, the bee’s knees, [...] the butterfly’s boots, the caterpillar’s kimono, the duck’s quack, eel’s hips, elephant’s eyebrows, gnat’s whistle [...] oyster’s ice skates, pig’s wings. They all mean top notch in Chatanooga!at bee’s knees, n.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/3: Horse collar — zero.at horse-collar, n.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/3: Can’t cut the mustard — unable to take punishment.at cut the mustard, v.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/3: Egypt — negro district.at Egypt, n.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/3: Peacharooney — atrtractive.at -eroonie, sfx
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/2: Johnny at the rat-hole —prompt.at johnny-at-the-rat-hole (n.) under johnny, n.1
Post (Lanarks) 6 Aug. 9/1: They put me down as [...] a ‘soft mark’.at soft mark (n.) under mark, n.1
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/2: Model T — old.at Model T, adj.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/3: Full suit of mourning — two black eyes.at full suit of mourning (n.) under mourning, n.
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/2: Warming pan — one who temporarily fills another’s office.at warming pan, n.1
Post (Lanarks) 23 Apr. 6/3: Walk Spanish — discharged (by the nape of the neck and seat of the trousers).at Spanish walk (n.) under Spanish, adj.
Post (Lanarks.) 21 Apr. 4/2: Hard Neck! [...] You might send down two men to dig the garden. I want to get my vegetables in.at hard neck (n.) under hard, adj.
Post 18 Aug. 8/3: How many seconds might be expected to elapse before the Lieutentant-Colonel’s little grey cells began to work.at little grey cells (n.) under little, adj.
Post (Lanarks.) 25 Sept. 8/2: [headline] The Whole jing-Bang Vanished in a Night.at jing-bang, n.
Post (Lanarks) 6 Mar. 9/1: [headline] New Kind of Shop Does a Roaring Trade.at roaring trade (n.) under roaring, adj.
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