1877 ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 9: He would get drunk as an owl.at drunk as a boiled owl, adj.
1877 ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 135: You can cut the whole thing, — wash your hands of it.at cut, v.4
1877 ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 134: I made you a double-distilled, first-class hero.at double-distilled (adj.) under double, adj.
1877 ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 135: There are three ways out of this hobble.at hobble, n.
1877 ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 8: The human mind is so constituted that it hankers after shekels, when it has done work.at shekels, n.