1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 122: He deeply regretted having drawn his lordship’s ‘cork,’ and he was half in the mind to offer him his silk belcher.at draw a cork, v.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 94: The buck of York barracks was unquestionably ‘all in’.at all in, adj.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 107: Deaf Burke was entertaining a party of Tom and Jerrys on the top of a coach and the gay dogs included several young swells who looked like cavalry officers in mufti.at tom and jerry, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 121: ‘Who’s that cove with the frills,’ he asked the landlord [...] ‘Lord Lavender – he’s a regular out-and-outer.’.at out-and-outer, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 16: He means his mother. He’s tied to his mother’s apron-strings.at tied to someone’s apron-strings (adj.) under apron-strings, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 234: I’d much sooner see a turn-up between Bendigo and Deaf Burke than another battle with this big chawbacon.at chaw-bacon, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 109: You can please yourself about bagging his flimsy.at bag, v.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 74: There’ll be a barney then. Bosher’s in a wicked temper.at barney, n.2
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 261: I’ll bet my Sunday beaver that you couldn’t tell one from the other.at beaver, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 79: Eckesley ordered a burster and beeswax for each of them, by which he meant bread and cheese.at beeswax, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 2: Put that down, you Jack-a-Dandy, an’ take the old clout of a belcher off your neck.at belcher, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 2: Bendigo’s mother pulled open a creaking drawer [...] and drew out a spotted blue neckerchief of the pattern known as the blue birdseye [...] There’ll be a young man go to the fair wi’ a bonny new birdseye round his neck […]. [Ibid.] 3: But gie me the true blue fogle wi’ the white birdseye as worn by Tom Cribb.at bird’s eye, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 22: So you would become one of the milling blades?at blade, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 60: Blow me dickey! He’s a-giving him pepper. [Ibid.] 136: Well, blow my buttons!at blow my dickey!, excl.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 107: As they appeared to have lots of ‘blunt,’ the proprietor doubled the prices of admission.at blunt, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 77: ‘What does he mean by fake the bosh?’ Bendigo inquired. ‘It’s flash patter for playing the fiddle. Bosher got his name from fakin’ the bosh.’.at bosh, n.2
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 224: He slipped a tenner across to the black, who displayed his box of dominoes in a broad smile.at box of dominoes (n.) under box of..., n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 278: ‘Knock its dashed heads offs on mine,’ said the Deaf ’Un, baring his knowledge box.at knowledge box, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 78: Can you show the needful, tip the brads, sport the rhino, flash the blunt?at tip the brads (v.) under brad, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 160: You will strip to the buff, my lad, as if you were in the prize-ring, and let him land on the brisket so that I can see whether he knuckles you, or not.at brisket, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 79: Ecksersley ordered a burster and beeswax for each of them, by which he meant bread and cheese.at burster, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 60: The big ’un may give him a burster yet.at buster, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 136: Well, blow my buttons!at bless my buttons! (excl.) under button, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 279: That’s it, give him the go-by. Cut one of his dashed wheels off.at give someone/something the go-by (v.) under go-by, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 22: Had I not been born into an estate [...] I might have shied my castor into the ring. The Duke gave a jaunty tilt to his badger-grey beaver.at castor, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 77: There’ll only be one catgut teaser now in the show.at catgut-teaser (n.) under catgut, n.1
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 30: I fancied Jasper one of the best among the young chals.at chal, n.
1927 (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 86: Don’t spoil him for the road, or we shall have to walk our chalks out of the county.at walk one’s chalks (v.) under chalks, n.