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[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Namas, run away; namas, give the crush a sicer down the back slums, run to give the officer the slip down the back streets.
at back slum (n.) under back, adj.2
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: barrak, to talk; barrack the broke, talk to the dupe.
at barrack, v.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Square the broke [sic] for a bus, take his attention off whilst I pick his pockets.
at buzz, v.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Busing, picking pockets; a bus man, a pick pocket.
at buzz, v.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Cheese that, don’t do it.
at cheese, v.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: The crush crabbed it, the police stopped us; crab, to spoil prevent or interrupt.
at crab, v.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: A croaker, a hanging.
at croaker, n.3
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: A crush man, a police officer.
at crusher, n.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Namas, run away; namas, give the crush a sicer down the back slums, run to give the officer the slip down the back streets.
at crusher, n.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: chusty, good.
at cushty, adj.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: a drag, twelve months.
at drag, n.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: On the drum, one of the profession, or on the look out.
at on the drum under drum, n.2
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Fly, to understand slang and thieving; fly as a pigeon, to know nothing.
at fly, adj.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Fogus, tobacco.
at fogus, n.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: A glim, a fire.
at glim, n.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Graft, work; I’ll peck the graft, I’ll never work any more.
at graft, n.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: A tag [sic] transportation.
at lag, n.2
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: luberin, a flogging.
at leathering (n.) under leather, v.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: The monkeys, the locks.
at monkey, n.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Namas, run away; namas, give the crush a sicer down the back slums, run to give the officer the slip down the back streets.
at nammus, v.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: I narks you, or, he narks you, I understand you, or, he’s up to you.
at nark, v.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: The numin [sic] cheat, the gallows.
at nubbing cheat (n.) under nubbing, n.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: A pad in can, a lodging house.
at padding ken (n.) under pad, v.1
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Patter, to beg.
at patter, v.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Pick him up, rob him.
at pick up, v.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Pinching, stealing ribbands, needles, etc.
at pinch, v.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: He pipes you, he sees you.
at pipe, v.3
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Rantee, night.
at rantee, n.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: Rhotee, bread.
at rhotee, n.
[UK] Worcester Herald 26 Dec. 4/3: A screwing, a locking up; unscrewing, unlocking.
at screw, v.
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