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Gloucester Jrnl 20 Jan. n.p.: The Birmingham ‘Black Hole’ [...] a filthy and horrid cell [in] the Birmingham Workhouse.at black hole (n.) under black, adj.
Gloucester Jrnl 20 Jan. n.p.: The Birmingham ‘Black Hole’ [...] a filthy and horrid cell [in] the Birmingham Workhouse. Gloucester Jrnl 6 Nov. 2/2: He was not such a beef-headed fool as Herbert.at beefheaded (adj.) under beefhead, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 19 July 3/7: Gleed [...] searched the prisoner’s boxes and found a pair of ruffles.at ruffles, n.1
Gloucester Jrnl 7 Nov. n.p.: But he, who can bully a witness into innocent perjury, no more dare tell Mrs Blobbs his suspicions than he dare ask the Lord Chief Justice how his collywobbles are this term.at collywobbles, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 4 May 2/2: Keep your pecker up, juicey.at lime-juicer, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 11 May 7/3: Oh, we big pots must expect that sort of thing. They poo-pooh’d you once, m’Lud.at big pot, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 11 May 7/3: We know how to land ’em, m’Lud. Give ’em plenty of British Lion and lots of tail-lashing.at land, v.
Gloucester Jrnl 24 Sept. 4/6: We are promised a race of ‘petticoat farmers’ [...] agricultural employment for women is fast developing.at petticoat, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 31 Jan. 8/1: Not forgetting the famous Cotswold lion (sheep) (laughter).at Cotswold lion, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 30 Mar. 7/6: Horse v. Bicycle [...] a race [...] between a modern Dick Turpin and a knight of the wheel.at ...the wheel under knight of the..., n.
Gloucester Jrnl 3 Jan. 12/5: The fox came [...] back towards Old Down, near which the hounds pulled him down, ‘stiff as a crutch’.at stiff as a crutch (adj.) under stiff, adj.
Gloucester Jrnl 2 Jan. 14/5: Messrs Lyons and Co. have published a ‘Nippy’s Birthday Number.’ The title ‘Nippy’ has come to represent a certain standard of female service in a particular line of business.at nippy, n.2
Gloucester Jrnl 8 Dec. 8/2: [advert] Warning! Much illness is caused at this time of year through eating unknown and unbranded ‘bags of mystery’ called sausages [...] Insist on having Wiblin’s ‘Royal Oxford’ Sausages.at bag of mystery (n.) under bag, n.1
Gloucester Jrnl 2 Oct. 1/5: ‘All right, Georgies,’ (the nickname for detectives) remarked the prisoner, ‘the game is up. I will come quietly’.at georgie, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 21 Mar. 20/1: You took the job. and if you can't do it, well in Gawd's name get out it. and let a tetter man have a try! See? Keep your shirt on. Elegant, keep your shirt on. It's orl right.at keep your shirt on! (excl.) under shirt, n.
Gloucester Jrnl 22 Aug. 9/1: That ‘Upper Crust! (BBC) Accent.at upper crust, adj.
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