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Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/5: There was a first class carr’ge door opin right forninst me, an’ into that the gyard crams me holus-bolus.at holus-bolus, adv.
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/5: There was a first class carr’ge door opin right forninst me, an’ into that the gyard crams me holus-bolus. Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/8: ‘You come and damp it.’.at damp, v.1
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/6: I knew enough of thieves’ slang to know [...] that the ‘family’ was the time honored expression for a gang of thieves.at family, n.1
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/5: ‘What shall we say now — a finnup?’ ‘F’what’zs that, sor,’ sez I. ‘Oh,’ sez he, ‘I s’pose you’re a new hand. Five quid – onderstand that?’.at finnip, n.
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/8: Hewitt winked and screwed his face genially aside. ‘Hooky!’ he said.at hookey (walker)!, excl.
Denton (MD) Journal 11 July 1/8: The ‘kitten’ is a boy, young man, or cripple, whose duty it is to visit houses and places of business, apparently begging food or selling shoestrings [...] and who then reports to the gang the ‘lay of the land.’.at kitten, n.
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 4/1: ‘Everybody that’s been in or out for the last two moons will be wanted particular.’.at moon, n.
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/8: They’d ha’ been mortal like him if they’d been shaved.at mortal, adv.
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/6: I was trapeshing along distreshful and moighty sore.at trapes, v.
Denton (MD) Journal 7 Mar. 3/8: I’ve been wetting it pretty well today. I feel pretty jolly now and I shouldn’t wonder if I went home loaded.at wet it (v.) under wet, v.
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