1881 Surrey Mirror 19 Mar. 4/4: He had two dogs and was undecided whether he should keep the ‘plum-pudding’ dog .at plum-pudding (dog), n.
1882 Surrey Mirror 23 Sept. 7/1: Mr Gladstone had ‘set his back up’ and was determined to carry the original rules.at get one’s back up (v.) under back, n.1
1890 Surrey Mirror 7 June 6/5: Mr Barnes [...] denounced all the members [...] as ‘slabbering idiots’.at slabber, v.
1893 Surrey Mirror 22 Apr. 8/3: The ‘Rulers of the Queen’s Bench’ mitigated the severity of the confinement within the stone walls and iron bars of ‘Spike Park’.at Spike Park (n.) under spike, n.1
1904 Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. 4/6: Some passengers in a Portsmouth stage coach refused to dine at a hedge alehouse.at hedge-tavern (n.) under hedge, adj.
1913 Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. n.p.: He was variously described as being ‘freshy,’ ‘cherry merry’ and ‘juiced up’.at cherry-merry, adj.
1913 Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. n.p.: He was variously described as being ‘freshy,’ ‘cherry merry’ and ‘juiced up’.at fresh, adj.1
1913 Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. n.p.: He was variously described as being ‘freshy,’ ‘cherry merry’ and ‘juiced up’.at juiced, adj.
1919 Surrey Mirror 15 Aug. 5/1: ‘one over the eight’Powell [...] was charged with being drunk and disorderly [...] Prisoner told the Court that he met an old uncle and had one or two drinks. He added, ‘I suppose I got one over the eight, and I suppose became little quarrelsome’.at one over the eight under one, n.1
1925 Surrey Mirror 20 Nov. 8/4: There is the expressive phrase, ‘All behind like a cow’s tail’.at all behind like the cow’s tail (adj.) under behind, adv.
1938 Surrey Mirror 18 Nov. 13/4: The third oldest member of the Council had come in for more critcism than any other [...] but he had always come up smiling.at come up smiling (v.) under come up, v.1