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[UK] old ballad in Hotten Sl. Dict. (1864) n.p.: ‘Seaman’s Adieu.’ Some... Have already parted with their ready rino.
at ready rhino (n.) under ready, adj.
[UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at kabgnals, n.
, [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at slushy, n.
, [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at cushion-smiter (n.) under cushion, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at eat a fig, v.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict. 132: Few used in a Slang sense thus: ? ‘Don’t you call this considerably jolly?’ ‘I believe you, my bo-o-oy, a FEW.’ Sometimes the reply is, ‘just a few.’ Another expression of the same kind is rather.
at few!, a, excl.
, [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict. 103: COCK, a smoking term; ‘cocking a Brosely,’ i.e., smoking a pipe. Brosely in Staffordshire is famous for ‘churchwardens.’.
at cock (a Broseley), v.2
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict. [as cit. 1859].
at jack (a) dandy, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at slick-a-dee, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at block a hat, v.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at abandannad, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at Cain and Abel, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at about right, adv.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at abraham’s willing, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at sham abram, v.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at abram-man, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at floating academy, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at long acre, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at acres, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at when Adam was an oakum boy (in Chatham) under Adam, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict. 66: ‘ADMIRAL OF THE RED,’ a person whose very red face evinces a fondness for strong potations.
at admiral of the red (n.) under admiral of..., n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict. [as cit. 1859].
at maids adorning, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at affygraphy, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at all afloat, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at I’m afloat, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at afternoon farmer, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict. [as cit. 1859].
at cut and come again, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at alacompain, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at alderman, n.
, , [UK] Hotten Sl. Dict.
at alderman, n.
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