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[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.I ii: I could tak’ a dock-an-dorach, William [...] an extra dram hurts naebody, Mr. Leslie.
at dock-and-doris, n.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie IV tab.VII iii: Birds caught?
at bird, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV v: I must thieve for my daily bread like any crawling blackguard in the gutter.
at blackguard, n.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V i: Did I insult the blowen?
at blowen, n.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V ii: Ye’re a fine, cracky, neebourly body, Geordie.
at body, n.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.I vii: You always were a neat hand with the bones, Deakin.
at bones, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V iv: What made you cross the fight and play booty with your own man?
at play booty (v.) under booty, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV v: He was my butt, my ape, my jumping-jack.
at butt, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV viii: Is it indiscretion to ask how you share? Equal with the Captain, I presume.
at captain, n.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.III ii: But wot I says is, wot about the chips?
at chip, n.2
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV viii: I’m the cock of this here thundering walk, and that cove’s got his orders.
at cock of the walk (n.) under cock, n.3
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV viii: Don’t you get coming the nob over me, Mr. Deacon Brodie, or I’ll smash you.
at come over, v.2
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie IV tab.VII iv: And is he corpsed?
at corpse, v.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV i: I had a crack wi’ the laddie.
at crack, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.II ii: Two well-known cracksmen, Badger and the Dook.
at cracksman, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V iv: What made you cross the fight and play booty with your own man?
at cross, v.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V iv: Suppose we introduce our wrists into these here darbies?
at darby, n.2
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab. I iv: It’s the least we can do to behave dacent.
at decent, adv.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV viii: You dry up about his old man, and his sister; don’t go hitting on a pal.
at dry up, v.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V ii: smith: No, Duchess, he has not good manners. jean: Ay, he’s an impident man.
at duchess, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.III iii: Easy does it, my lord of high degree! Keep cool.
at easy does it under easy, adj.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.I vii: smith: We thought [...] that maybe you’d like to exercise your helbow with our free and galliant horseman. [Ibid.] I tab.III iii: rivers: Well, Mr. Deakin, if you passatively will have me shake a Helbow- brodie: Where are the bones, Ainslie? [...] The old move, I presume? the double set of dice?
at shake one’s elbow (v.) under elbow, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie IV tab.VII i: My back’s fair broke.
at fair, adv.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.II ii: I got one of your Scotch officers [...] to give me full particulars about the ’ouse, and the flash companions that use it.
at flash, adj.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.III i: He is disguised as a ‘flying stationer,’ with a patch over his eye.
at flying stationer (n.) under fly, v.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V ii: Will you peach? [...] Will you blow the gaff.
at blow the gaff (v.) under gaff, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie III tab.V iii: Do you know what your pal Deacon’s worth to you? Fifty golden Georges and a free pardon.
at George, n.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie I tab.I iv: Hullo! it’s a man!
at hello!, excl.1
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie II tab.IV viii: You dry up about his old man, and his sister; don’t go hitting on a pal when he’s knocked out of time and cannot hit back.
at hit on, v.
[UK] Henley & Stevenson Deacon Brodie IV tab.VII i: You’re all jaw like a sheep’s jimmy.
at all jaw (like a sheep’s head) under jaw, n.
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