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Lincs. Chron. 13 July 4/5: They tried to pick a quarrel and challenged the thimble-men to fight.at thimble-rig, n.
Lincs. Chron. 13 July 4/5: They tried to pick a quarrel and challenged the thimble-men to fight. Lincs. Chron. 10 Apr. 4/7: Why is the gardener’s the best trade? Because he is master of the mint, and of his own thyme.at master of the mint (n.) under master of..., n.
Lincs. Chron. 11 Feb. 4/5: A bazaar was held at Manchester, in aid of the funds of the Anti-Corn Law league, who [...] have strangely ‘out-run the constable’.at outrun the constable, v.
Lincs. Chron. 11 Feb. 4/5: One half of these Maw-worms being in league with the pick-pockets, and deserving to be in Newgate.at maw-worm, n.
Lincs Chron. 19 Nov. 5/4: At this discovery the Black Horse beerocracy rubbed their hands with glee.at beerocracy (n.) under beer, n.
Lincs. Chron. 28 July 7/1: It was a man named Bluey that gave me my black eye.at bluey, n.1
Lincs. Chron. 9 Apr.6/1: We fully expect to see The Ban lick him into fits for the [...] Newmarket Triennial.at lick into fits (v.) under lick, v.1
Lincs. Chron. 25 Nov. 5/4: How can a solicitor make out a regular bill of costs [...] enter his innumerable six and eightpenny attendances upon all sorts of people.at six-and-eightpenny, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 20 May 5/2: Complainant retorted by saying that Dawson was a ‘blubberhead’.at blubber-head (n.) under blubber, n.2
Lincs. Chron. 20 Nov. 7/3: The defendant said the complainant had told him he was as ‘drunk as muck’.at drunk as (a)..., adj.
Lincs. Chron. 26 Mar. 8/4: Well, gentlemen, I did throw water olver her, but it was she called me a ‘Gimlet-eyed old w—’.at gimlet-eyed, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 26 Mar. 8/4: All she said to complainant was that she was a hedge trollop’.at hedge, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 7 July 6/1: One of those penny blood and fire sensation novels which possess such charms for apprentices and sentimental milliners.at blood, n.1
Lincs. Chron. 28 Jan. 2/5: Haven’t got any money [...] Got none, I’m flat broke.at flat broke, adj.
Lincs Chron. 9 Feb. 8/5: Other partook more of the character of the ‘flying dustman,’ [...] occasionally snatching the more valuable deposits, causing thereby much dissatisfaction to the regular collector.at flying dustman (n.) under flying, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 9 Nov. 3/3: Good-woolled — Plucky.at woolled (adj.) under wool, n.1
Lincs. Chron. 15 Dec. 7/2: I made no other provoking remark to him except, ‘Go and put your head in a bag’.at put your head in a bag! (excl.) under bag, n.1
Lincs. Chron. 17 Feb. 6/1: When a policeman came on the scene [...] he ‘simmered down’.at simmer, v.
Lincs. Chron. 29 May 8/4: When a poet [...] addresses him as ‘Auld Hornie’ or ‘Auld Cloots’.at old hornie (n.) under old, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 19 Mar. 6/3: I have Betty Housham a calico body binder, a flannel petticoat [and] a little scarlet frock to give to the prisoner.at body binder (n.) under body, n.
Lincs. Chron. 27 Nov. 6/7: [headline] A Thumping Legacy.at thumping, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 11 Apr. 4/6: A Detroiter who has just returned from Florida [...] was asked [...] if he any fun with the alligators down there. ‘Yes sir — dead loads of fun,’ he replied.at dead loads (n.) under dead, adv.
Lincs. Chron. 11 Aug. 6/2: I’ll lay a dollar as he can’t drink a quart of four-half’s quick as I can.at four-half (n.) under four, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 23 July 8/5: One canny and prophetic Scot had had time to yell, ‘Never mind, “yellow-belly,” it will be your turn next’.at yellow belly, n.
Lincs. Chron. 30 Nov. 4/6: ‘Where would man be without woman?’ was the indignant ejaculation of an irate spouse. ‘Well, he might be where he could enjoy himself tol-lol,’ was the man’s reply.at tol-lol, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 22 Aug. 4/4: A certain country fellow [...] who was rather ’empty in the upper storey’.at empty in the upper storey (adj.) under empty, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 25 Jan. 2/6: An Elizabethan Dinner [...] The second [course] of fish [...] lampreys, poor John, stock, dab and sturgeon.at poor john (n.) under poor, adj.
Lincs. Chron. 31 Mar. 6/5: Hawkins asked [...] us to come [...] to rantan old Hydes. [...] After the first rantanning we all went over to the Railway Hotel, and in about a quarter of an hour [...] the rtantanning was recommenced [...] I heard someone say ‘What’s this all about?’ Someone said ‘Old Hydes has turned his daughter out and taken another man’s wife.’ I then saw him pushed about.at rantan, v.
Lincs. Chron. 27 Sept. 3/4: The fourth man remained on guard [...] levelling his revolver at them and threatening to make ‘dead meat’ of them.at dead meat, n.
Lincs Chron. 29 May 6/2: The ‘bang-beggar’ who on weekdays whipped tramps [...] and on Sundays paraded the church [...] rapping male sleepers on the head with the knobby end of of his wand.at bang-beggar (n.) under bang, v.1
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