1859 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.
1859 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.
1862 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
1864 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.
1864 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.
1864 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.
1864 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.
1864 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.
1864 Western Dly Press 9 Dec. 3/1: Seedy-looking caricatures of ‘swells’ perseveringly smoked blackened ‘nose-warmers’.at nose warmer (n.) under nose, n.
1864 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.
1864 Western Dly Press 29 Sept. 3/1: He was too tame, the bad opposite of the too robustious.at robustious, adj.
1864 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.
1864 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.
1864 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.
1865 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
1866 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.
1866 Western Dly Press 9 Mar. 3: Robert Lowe [...] threw his ‘skillery’ into the face of the master [of the workhouse].at skilly, n.1
1866 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.
1867 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
1867 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.
1867 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.
1867 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.
1868 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.
1868 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
1869 Western Dly Press 1 Sept. 3/3: The skeleton key has superseded the Black Bess.at black bess (n.) under black, adj.
1869 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
1870 Western Dly Press 18 Oct. 4: [He was] going for a noddy to carry her to the coach office.at noddy, n.
1872 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.
1873 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.