1802 Sun (London) 1 Dec. 4/1: They usually asked him [i.e. a print-seller] next if he had any game? upon which he produced some game birds, such as pheasants ; And then, if they said that was not the sort, he at length exhibited these representations of the most obscene sensuality.at game, n.
1833 Sun (Baltimore) Sept. n.p.: ‘Do you know that our particular friend J— kicked the bucket last night?’ ‘You don’t say so! Will you take an anti-fogmatic?’ ‘Don’t care if I do.’.at antifogmatic, n.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Off.—I heard you used to be a good Backsman. — Have you ‘Ogled a Dummy’ any where? Con.—Yes! a first rate one for a ‘smash,’ and pretty good on a ‘burst’.at backsman (n.) under back, adj.2
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 2 Jan. 2/2: Pris.[oner] -- [We heard] several curious kind of expressions made bags of fun for us.at bags (of), n.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: The black fellow ‘blow’d,’ by telling him that the person with whom he had been conversing was one of the ‘Pigs’.at blow, v.1
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Off.—I heard you used to be a good Backsman. — Have you ‘Ogled a Dummy’ any where? Con.—Yes! a first rate one for a ‘smash,’ and pretty good on a ‘burst.’.at burst, n.1
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 14 Apr. 2/2: The prisoner was what some people would call a ‘hard colt’ [DA].at hard colt (n.) under colt, n.1
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Off. — Well, what’s going on? Con. — Oh, nothing of consequence since I came out — only a little ‘knuckling’ just to keep my hand in. I can’t find a ‘Pal,’ and you know nobody can do a ‘Crack’ without one.at do a crack (v.) under crack, n.4
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 21 Mar. 2/3: I’ll tell you what, if you’ll just throw down them are clubs — and come, one to time, may be some of you don’t get discombobracated [DA].at discombobberate, v.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Off. — I heard you used to be a good Backsman. — Have you ‘Ogled a Dummy’ any where? Con. — Yes! a first rate one for a ‘smash,’ and pretty good on a ‘burst.’.at dummy, n.2
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Con.—Meet me to night at the ‘Pigeon House’ next to the new ‘fence,’ and I’ll go and show you.at fence, n.1
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 14 Apr. 2/2: The prisoner was what some people would call a ‘hard colt’ [DA].at hard, adj.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 14 Apr. 2/2: The prisoner was what some people would call a ‘hard colt.’ [DA].at hard horse (n.) under hard, adj.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Off. — Well, what’s going on? Con. — Oh, nothing of consequence since I came out—only a little ‘knuckling’ just to keep my hand in. I can’t find a ‘Pal,’ and you know nobody can do a ‘Crack’ without one.at knuckle, v.2
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 5 June 2/3: The Colonel on the result becoming known swore ‘he’d be te-to-natiously obfusticated if he would take the office on any condition’ [DA].at obfusticated, adj.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: The officer observing a ‘Snow Ball’ approaching, who would be likely to ‘spot’ him with the convict, ‘sherried’.at sherry (off), v.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 3 Jan. 2/3: You don’t come paddy over me after that sort.at come (the) Paddy (over) (v.) under Paddy, n.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: The black fellow ‘blow’d,’ by telling him that the person with whom he had been conversing was one of the ‘Pigs’.at pig, n.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Off.—Don’t you remember me in ‘quay’ up there? Con.—Oh, were you there? I don’t recollect you—how long were you there? Off.—Six ‘spots.’ Con.—Was you indeed! I was there seven!at quay, n.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 14 May 2/3: There is, at the present time, in this city, a rum-hole, a house of prostitution, an apothecary shop, and a coffin-ware-house, all under one roof [DA].at rum-hole (n.) under rum, n.2
1834 Sun (NY) 20 June 2/2: Off.—I heard you used to be a good Backsman. — Have you ‘Ogled a Dummy’ any where? Con.—Yes! a first rate one for a ‘smash,’ and pretty good on a ‘burst.’.at smash, n.1
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 15 Feb. 3/1: I mean if she don’t behave herself she’ll get a socdolager in the face.at sockdolager, n.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: Off.—Don’t you remember me in ‘quay’ up there? Con.—Oh, were you there? I don’t recollect you—how long were you there? Off.—Six ‘spots.’ Con.—Was you indeed! I was there seven!at spot, n.2
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: The officer observing a ‘Snow Ball’ approaching, who would be likely to ‘spot’ him with the convict, ‘sherried’.at spot, v.1
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 June 2/2: The officer supposing that by keeping himself ‘Sweet,’ he would be able to learn from the convict, in the evening, the whole of his plans.at sweet, adj.1
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 13 May 2/3: Why, I mean that, after church was out, I went into a porter house and took a swifter [DA].at swift one (n.) under swift, adj.
1834 Sun (N.Y.) 20 Mar. 2/2: A huge looking ‘yaller gall’ was hammering away at the eyes of a small white man in Anthony st., because he called her a snow ball [DA].at yellow girl (n.) under yellow, adj.
1840 Sun (N.Y.) 26 Feb. n.p.: [Justice Wyman gave] an appropriate lecture on the white gentleman’s perversity of taste and his penchant for ‘woolly headed quails’.at quail, n.
1845 Sun (N.Y.) Sept. 11 2/4: Recovery of more of Johnson & Co.’s property, and additional arrests. — Officers Davis, of the Star Police, and Relyea and Beaman, of the Independent Police.at star, n.1
1846 Sun (N.Y.) 5 Dec. 2/2: [outrageous behavior] was resented by a young fellow, named Jenkins, who dealt a blow on Maxfield’s head with a weapon called a ‘colt,’ that is a leaden ball enclosed in a strip of cloth.at colt, n.2