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Tamworth Herald 18 Nov. 8/3: I see no reason why he should not romp home to-night.at romp home (v.) under romp, v.
Tamworth Herald 18 Nov. 8/3: I see no reason why he should not romp home to-night. Tamworth Herald 2 Nov. 3/5: A Lady need not be muffin-faced although she be toasted.at muffin-faced (adj.) under muffin-face, n.
Tamworth Herald 24 Jan. 4/5: A great big lubbering lout, always wanting a bottle.at lubbering, adj.
Tamworth Herald 12 June 2/5: Miss Spindleshanks and Miss Bonyhips.at Miss, n.
Tamworth Herald 8 May 3/7: She could be careful not to slobber a kiss [...] There is much virtue in a kiss when well delivered.at slobber, v.
Tamworth Herald 2 Sept. 3/4: There he met with two men named North and Harrison, alias ‘Stiff un’.at stiff ’un, n.
Tamworth Herald 12 Oct. 4/6: Cropakers. Of what use to society [...] are those people who persist in looking upon the dark side of things?at croaker, n.1
Tamworth Herald 24 Jan. 6/5: When I went to the fence, he bested (cheated) me because I was drunk, and only gave me £8 10s. for the lot.at best, v.
Tamworth Herald 11 Sept. 7/4: A facetious correspondent calls the frog the Dutch nightingale.at Dutch nightingale (n.) under Dutch, adj.1
Tamworth Herald (Staffs.) 24 Jan. 6/5: I went to Croydon and touched for a red toy (gold watch) and red tackle (gold chain) with a large locket. I took them in and we got canon.at touch, v.1
Tamworth Herald 7 May 3/2: One of the last arrests effected was that of a young knight of industry [...] It seems that no suspicion entered into the mind of the the recipient until the man was gone.at ...(the) industry under knight of the..., n.
Tamworth Herald (Staffs.) 24 Dec. 3/4: Ever since I came here, I’ve had to scrub along on milk and gruel.at scrub along (v.) under scrub, v.
Tamworth Herald 29 July 6/3: He was a chicken-livered type-striker who [...] had sneaked away like a whipped spaniel.at chicken-livered, adj.
Tamworth Herald 3 Feb. 8/5: One of the prisoners appeared [...] with nothing beyond a shirt and that article of men’s attire which is termed his ‘indescribables’.at indescribables, n.
Tamworth Herald 6 Sept. 6/4: A trip across the ‘herring pond’, and a closer acquaintance with our American cousins.at herring pond (n.) under herring, n.
Tamworth Herald 22 Nov. 3/2: By goles, it was good luck that sent me here this night!at by goll! (excl.) under goll, n.2
Tamworth Herald 28 Mar. 3/1: You was a little curly-headed boy, you was; and an out-and-out little cock-o’-wax too, I’ll be bound.at cock-a-wax (n.) under cock, n.3
Tamworth Herald 24 Aug. 6/4: William Morris [et al.] all bearing the distinctive characteristics of the ‘peaky blinder’ were charged [...] with doing wilful damage.at peaky blinder, n.
Tamworth Herald 8 July 4/2: Wanted, willing stiff lad accustomed to horses.at stiff, adj.
Tamworth Herald 13 Apr. 3/1: Killed by a Scorcher. An unknown cyclist [...] ran down a painter.at scorcher, n.
Tamworth Herald 1 Oct. 2/7: Tare an’ ages ye’ll both be drowned in the swamp if ye ain’t shot to death.at tare an’ ages!, excl.
Tamworth Herald 10 June 8/3: John Bull and Mrs Bull [...] would not tolerate this state of things much longer, and any government which did not take some action would find itself on the wrong side of the hedge.at on the wrong side of the hedge under hedge, n.2
Tamworth Herald 29 Dec. 8/2: He was then told that if he did not shut up he would get his eye in a sling.at get one’s eye in a sling (v.) under sling, n.2
Tamworth Herald 27 July 2/4: ‘Damme,’ he exclaimed [...] ‘if this doesn’t beat Bannagher’.at beat Bannagher (v.) under Bannagher, n.
Tamworth Herald 7 May 3/2: A gentleman [...] on a wooden rattle-trap [i.e. a primitive bicycle] must have brought a smile to the lips of the demurest maiden.at rattletrap, n.
Tamworth Herald 12 Feb. 2/3: Repartee at Bow County Court— Judge Smyly: ‘What are walli-wallis?’ Witness: ‘Pickled cucumbers’.at wally, n.1
Tamworth Herald 27 May 3/3: Madam! What the dickens do you mean by allowing that brat to snatch of my wig?at what the dickens...?, phr.
Tamworth Herald 30 Dec. 2/4: He was a small wiry nimble personality, very friendly and very ‘cute’. He was ‘all there’.at all there, adj.
Tamworth Herald 29 Mar. 4/2: [He] said in cross examination that he asked for a pint of ‘sixpenny’.at sixpenny, n.
Tamworth Herald 14 Aug. 6/3: Willsden was stale drunk.at stale drunk, adj.
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