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[UK] (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
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 94: The buck of York barracks was unquestionably ‘all in’.
at all in, adj.
[UK] (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
[UK] (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.
[UK] (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.
[UK] (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.
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 109: You can please yourself about bagging his flimsy.
at bag, v.
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 74: There’ll be a barney then. Bosher’s in a wicked temper.
at barney, n.2
[UK] (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
[UK] (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
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 41: First blood to Bendigo, begad!
at begad!, excl.
[UK] (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
[UK] (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.
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 22: So you would become one of the milling blades?
at blade, n.
[UK] (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.
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 113: Damn the Doncaster bluebottles.
at bluebottle, n.
[UK] (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
[UK] (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
[UK] (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.
[UK] (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.
[UK] (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
[UK] (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
[UK] (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
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 60: The big ’un may give him a burster yet.
at buster, n.1
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 136: Well, blow my buttons!
at bless my buttons! (excl.) under button, n.1
[UK] (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.
[UK] (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.
[UK] (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
[UK] (con. 1835–40) P. Herring Bold Bendigo 30: I fancied Jasper one of the best among the young chals.
at chal, n.
[UK] (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.
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