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Westmoreland Gaz. 30 Jan. 1/4: ‘You don’t think you’re going to choke me off, do you? If you do, I’m blow’d if you a’nt in the wrong box, my kiddy’.at in a box under box, n.1
Westmoreland Gaz. 30 Jan. 1/4: ‘You don’t think you’re going to choke me off, do you? If you do, I’m blow’d if you a’nt in the wrong box, my kiddy’. Westmoreland Gaz. 30 Jan. 1/4: ‘You don’t think you’re going to choke me off, do you?’.at choke off, v.
Westmoreland Gaz. 30 Jan. 1/4: A Female Window Smasher [...] long-famous for smashing windows [...] Two officers were then directed to take this neat example of ‘Juniper suckers’ [...] to Bridewell.at juniper (juice), n.
Westmorland Gaz. 6 June 3/5: Tho’ poor, the sire of Henry Broom (My father, Broom, by trade a ‘mace-man’).at maceman (n.) under mace, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 6 Feb. 8/2: Among them [were] leading men in the various branches of prigging [...] toby-gills, buz-gloaks, cracksmen.at buz-gloak (n.) under buz, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 6 Feb. 8/2: Among them [were] leading men in the various branches of prigging [...] toby-gills, buz-gloaks, cracksmen.at cracksman, n.1
Westmorland Gaz. 6 Feb. 8/2: It was about the beginning of April when I was taken up [...] I had nearly seven weeks to lie in jail.at take up, v.
Westmorland Gaz. 6 Feb. 8/2: Among them [were] leading men in the various branches of prigging [...] toby-gills, buz-gloaks, cracksmen.at toby-gill (n.) under toby, n.2
Westmorland Gaz. 8 Dec. 4/3: A Bow-Wow Miser — a Russian Merchant immensely rich [...] placed his security in the possession of a tremendous large and fierce dog.at bow-wow, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 21 Dec. 2/3: Hudson placed an uncharitable ‘bounder’ on his adversary’s left listener.at bounder, n.
Westmorland Gaz. (Cumbria) 16 Nov. 2/3: Female Bruiser. Elizabeth Smith [...] one of the most celebrated pugilists in London, was [...] charged with assaulting and knocking down some watchmen.at bruiser, n.
Westmoreland Gaz. 24 Aug. 3/4: He was first a Tory, then a Whig; next a Yellow, now a Blue. How often he may, hereafter, ‘turn the cat in the pan,’ depends [...] upon the length of his life .at cat in (the) pan (n.) under cat, n.1
Westmorland Gaz. 27 Apr. 4/5: Coachee [...] you needn’t be afeard of laying it on pretty thick .at coachy, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 7 Sept. 4/5: There were to be found [...] knowing-ones [...] and those who entrap the most scientific, either at cribbing a tattler or a fawney.at crib, v.1
Westmoreland Gaz. 5 Jan. 4/4: A person in Kendal, noted for a prefactory G—d—n, with which he introduces every sentence however trival as G—d—n fine house, G—d—n good horse .at god-damn, adj.
Westmorland Gaz. 16 Mar. 4/3: Two Hottentots [...] were vociferating, as if in a rage.at Hottentot, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 27 Apr. 4/5: Coachee [...] you needn’t be afeard of laying it on pretty thick .at lay it on, v.
Westmorland Gaz. 4 May 1/5: The two of them valiantly tok to their heels, leaving the prisoner [...] unable to toddle — to be grabbed by the charleys and warehoused in the roundy-ken.at roundy-ken, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 7 Sept. 4/5: There were to be found [...] knowing-ones [...] and those who entrap the most scientific, either at cribbing a tattler or a fawney.at knowing, adj.
Westmorland Gaz. 21 Dec. 2/3: The 14th round was a ‘quietus’ for Hudson [...] and Shelton was poundable not to be able to get up again.at poundable (adj.) under pound, v.1
Westmorland Gaz. 27 Apr. 4/5: I thought he was a rummish sort of a customer.at rummish (adj.) under rum, adj.
Westmorland Gaz. 27 Apr. 4/5: Coachee [...] you needn’t be afeard of laying it [i.e. a fare] on pretty thick.at thick, adv.
Westmorland Gaz. 4 May 1/5: The two of them valiantly tok to their heels, leaving the prisoner [...] unable to toddle —to be grabbed by the charleys and warehoused in the roundy-ken.at warehouse, v.
Westmoreland Gaz. 7 June 1/5: The charleys were too downey to the upshot to grab a poor fishmonger, and let four ‘prime swells’ go free.at downy, adj.1
Westmoreland Gaz. 7 June 1/5: Titus received a wind-expelling push in his dumpling depot from Abrawang’s fishy fist.at dumpling depot (n.) under dumpling, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 9 Aug. 1/5: Compared with his opponent Mr Broadbent, he would be a stuffed eel-skin to a butt of beer [...] or a pop-gun to a battering ram.at stuffed eel-skin, n.
Westmoreland Gaz. 7 June 1/5: He slided on ten paces [...] cote a cote with a nymph of the pave.at nymph of the pavé, n.
Westmoreland Gaz. 7 June 1/5: Titus planted a punch upon Abrawang’s sprat-trap.at sprat-trap (n.) under sprat, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 8 Nov. 3/2: We’ll take a right gude willy-waught / For Lowther and lang syne.at willy wacht, n.
Westmorland Gaz. 17 July 3/2: Mr Jackson [...] the keeper of a Tom and Jerry shop [...] was brought before the Magistrates [...] for selling ale and permitting it to be drunk upon the premises; he only having a retail brewing license.at tom-and-jerry (shop) (n.) under tom and jerry, n.1
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