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‘The Post That Fitted’ in Departmental Ditties (1890) 19: Anyhow, the billet carried pay enough for him to marry.at billet, n.
‘The Post That Fitted’ in Departmental Ditties (1890) 19: Anyhow, the billet carried pay enough for him to marry. ‘A Ballad of Burial’ in Departmental Ditties 133: I trust / You will find excuse to ‘snake / Three days’ casual on the bust’.at snake, v.2
Departmental Ditties 59: ‘Went Fantee’—joined the people of the land. / Turned three parts Mussulman and one Hindu.at fanti, adj.
‘A Code of Morals’ Departmental Ditties (1899) 146: ‘My Love,’ i’faith! ‘My Duck,’ Gadzooks! ‘My darling popsy-wop!’.at gadzooks! (excl.) under gad, n.1
‘Public Waste’ Departmental Ditties n.p.: Letters not seldom they wrote him, ‘having the honour to state,’ / It would be better for all men if he were laid on the shelf.at on the shelf under shelf, n.2
Departmental Ditties 123: [Gloss.] ‘Simpkin,’ a Hindustanti corruption of the word ‘champagne’.at simkin, n.2
‘Pagett, M.P.’ in Departmental Ditties 53: March went out with the roses. ‘Where is your heat?’ said he. / ‘Coming,’ I said to Pagett. ‘Skittles!’ said Pagett, M.P.at skittles, n.1
Departmental Ditties 123: [Gloss.] ‘Trichi,’ a contraction of Trichinopoly, a place on the S.E. Coast of Hindustan, noted for its cigars — hence ‘Trichi’ denotes a Trinchinopoly cigar.at Trichy, n.
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