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Western Dly Press 9 Nov. 2/6: The prisoner threw a three-cornered scraper at her.at scraper, n.
Western Dly Press 9 Nov. 2/6: The prisoner threw a three-cornered scraper at her. Western Dly Press 25 Oct. 3/1: With all due deference to you , Mr Chair, I will take off my hate (Roars of laughter, with cries of ‘Sit down, old clever boots’) [...] shouts of derisive laughter and cries of ‘Go it, old clever boots’).at clever boots (n.) under clever, adj.
Western Dly Press 10 Oct. n.p.: He did not now appear to have recovered from the effects of drinking ‘early purl,’ which he said was composed of hot beer, with ‘a dash of gin’.at early purl (n.) under early, adj.
Western Dly Press 17 Jan. 3/3: In days of old, when might was right, / Each strong-armed, but beef-witted knight [etc.].at beef-witted (adj.) under beef, n.1
Western Dly Press 24 Oct. 4/3: Such expressions as these—‘fake the cly,’ ‘rumbo cully,’ ‘nante denali,’ ‘varda my nibs,’ &c, have some means got out of their proper channel, and have been appropriated by third-rate actors.at dinarly, n.
Western Dly Press 24 Oct. 4/3: In general use is the expression the dona of the Karzer, or ‘the lady of the house’.at donna of the cas(s)ey (n.) under dona, n.
Western Dly Press 24 Oct. 4/3: Amongst thieves douse the glim signifies ‘put out the light’.at douse the glim (v.) under glim, n.
Western Dly Press 24 Oct. 4/3: Such expressions as these—‘fake the cly,’ ‘rumbo cully,’ ‘nante denali,’ ‘varda my nibs,’ &c, have some means got out of their proper channel, and have been appropriated by third-rate actors.at nanty, adv.
Western Dly Press 24 Oct. 4/3: Such expressions as these—‘fake the cly,’ ‘rumbo cully,’ ‘nante denali,’ ‘varda my nibs,’ &c, have some means got out of their proper channel, and have been appropriated by third-rate actors.at my nibs (n.) under nibs, n.
Western Dly Press 9 Dec. 3/1: Seedy-looking caricatures of ‘swells’ perseveringly smoked blackened ‘nose-warmers’.at nose warmer (n.) under nose, n.
Western Dly Press 1 Jan. 4/3: The shilling duty was to be denoted on the ace of spades [...] the ‘duty one shilling’ ace, called ‘Old Frizzle’ on account of the elaborate flourishes which adorned it.at old frizzle (n.) under old, adj.
Western Dly Press 29 Sept. 3/1: He was too tame, the bad opposite of the too robustious.at robustious, adj.
Western Dly Press 24 Oct. 4/3: Such expressions these—‘fake the cly,’ ‘rumbo cully,’ ‘nante denali,’ ‘varda my nibs,’ &c, have some means got out of their proper channel, and have been appropriated by third-rate actors.at rumbo, adj.
Western Dly Press 7 Sept. 3/4: A Table of Tipsters, price 2d, [...] containing the Phrophecies [sic] of the whole of the Metropolitan and Provincial Sporting Papers, the Latest Bettings and Scratchings.at tipster, n.
Western Dly Press 24 Oct. 4/3: Such expressions as these—‘fake the cly,’ ‘rumbo cully,’ ‘nante denali,’ ‘varda my nibs,’ &c, have some means got out of their proper channel, and have been appropriated by third-rate actors.at varda, v.
Western Dly Press 26 Jan. 3/2: [...] what the vulgar have chosen to designate as as ‘tea fight and muffin struggle’.at bun-struggle (n.) under bun, n.3
Western Dly Press 24 Jan. 4/1: A plaintiff [...] claiming the price of some red herrings from a man with weak eyesight, may facetiously describe him as ‘Peter Thomas alias Giglamps’.at gig-lamps, n.
Western Dly Press 9 Mar. 3: Robert Lowe [...] threw his ‘skillery’ into the face of the master [of the workhouse].at skilly, n.1
Western Dly Press 9 Mar. 3: Robert Lowe was [...] charged with tearing up his clothes [...] after using violent language [...] and threw his ‘skillery’ into the face of the master [of the workhouse].at tear up, v.
Western Dly Press 6 Dec. 3/3: Tramps [...] have a slang language of their own, not altogether unlike the ‘patter flash’ of the thieves.at patter (the) flash (v.) under flash, n.1
Western Dly Press 6 Dec. 3/3: The dirty white apron twisted round the waist [...] gave a good ‘starving mechanic’ appearance to the prisoner.at mechanic, n.
Western Dly Press 6 Dec. 3/3: The Secrets of the Mumping Profession. Several beggars were brought up at Bristol Police Court [etc.].at mumping, n.
Western Dly Press 6 Dec. 3/3: The Secrets of the Mumping Profession. [...] They have a slang language of their own, not altogether unlike the ‘patter flash’ of the thieves.at patter flash (v.) under patter, v.
Western Dly Press 21 Aug. 3/5: The Tories are flapdoodle to induce us to become blind followers of our eminent ‘leaders’.at flapdoodle, adj.
Western Dly Press 20 Aug. 4/2: The yourthful king of Bavaria will not wear the willow very long, as [...] negociations are on foot for a marriage between him and Grand Duchess Marie.at wear (the) willow (v.) under wear, v.1
Western Dly Press 1 Sept. 3/3: The skeleton key has superseded the Black Bess.at black bess (n.) under black, adj.
Western Dly Press 17 Apr. 3/5: ‘Sweeteners’ to government Officials [...] The first thing said to him by the contractor was ‘I suppose, sir, you expect the usual 2½ per cent commission?’ This meant a preliminary present, or ‘sweetener’ of £5,000.at sweetener, n.2
Western Dly Press 18 Oct. 4: [He was] going for a noddy to carry her to the coach office.at noddy, n.
Western Daily Press (Bristol) 1 Apr. 3/6: The government should not allow its reputation to be compromised [...] by any such shystering.at shystering, adj.
Western Dly Press 29 July 2/6: The opium culture had only begun there during the past year [...] Dr Legge thinks the opium fiend will be exorcised.at fiend, n.
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