1867 ‘Under the Earth’ Dick’s Standard Plays (1871) II iii: I am a bit of dirty riffraff, sir – a dirty, genuine scrap of tag, rag, and bobtail.at rag, tag and bobtail, n.
1867 ‘Under the Earth’ in Dick’s Standard Plays (1871) I i: Enjoyed crack society – devilish high society [...] The very tip-top of fashion.at crack, adj.
1867 ‘Under the Earth’ (n Dick’s Standard Plays ((1871)) II i: hart: Do you smoke? tom: Can a duck swim?at can a duck swim? under duck, n.1
1867 ‘Under the Earth’ in Dick’s Standard Plays (1871) II i: I say, Loo; you can’t lend me a fiver, can you?at fiver, n.
1867 ‘Under the Earth’ in Dick’s Standard Plays (1871) II iii: I’ll fight him – hic – or any other man – hic – only a one-er in the ribs.at oner, n.
1867 ‘Under the Earth’ Dick’s Standard Plays (1871) III iii: I never allow the boys in the street to call me that; and, to be called so to my face by a yellow, addle-pated, skulking rascal —.at yellow, adj.