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[UK] Session Papers of the Central Criminal Court IV Pt iii : He said he supposed she had knocked out her link (meaning she was drunk).
at knock out one’s link (v.) under knock out, v.
[UK] Session Papers of the Central Criminal Court July No. VI, Part V 723: Margaret Shehan: ‘He put his impudence...’ ‘What, do you mean his private parts?’ ‘Yes.’.
at impudence, n.
[UK] Session Papers of the Central Criminal Court 10 Jan. 🌐 The maid said two men were missing, and the others said, G–d d–n them, they are gone a-girling.
at go girling (v.) under girl, n.1
[UK] Session Papers of the Central Criminal Court 13 Apr. 378/2: Marchell began a conversation of his own accord, by saying there was gentleman who gave a great deal of money for boys — he said there was a gentleman in the City, too, that was one of these poofs, as he called them — neither I nor Wiggens said any thing to him to lead to these observations; I never heard the word poofs before.
at poof, n.
[UK] Session Papers of the Central Criminal Court in DSUE (1984).
at doner, n.1
[UK] Session Papers of the Central Criminal Court 27 Oct. 🌐 ‘Old Buffey’ [...] does not mean anything offensive, just the same as ‘old fellow’.
at buffy, n.1
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