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cited in Old Times (1885) 192: A box lobby puppy having insulted a gentleman at Covent Garden Theatre, on Friday night, received a very suitable drubbing.at box-lobby puppy (n.) under box, n.1
cited in Old Times (1885) 192: A box lobby puppy having insulted a gentleman at Covent Garden Theatre, on Friday night, received a very suitable drubbing. Old Times in Bush 150: Look here, master, these chaps is all ‘fly blown,’ and we would like to give them a ‘touch’ before we go; will you advance ten shillings?at fly-blown, adj.
Old Times in Bush 142: Nip [a dog] was death on snakes.at death on, adj.
Old Times in Bush 150: A bush pub at the time I am writing about (the forties) served as a kind of ‘labor depot’ as well as ‘lambing down shop.’ When a man was spending his cheque at one of these places, it was often called being ‘lambed down’.at lambing-down shop (n.) under lamb down, v.
Old Times in Bush 182: Be the powers of Moll Kelly [...] who cud shtand that.at by the powers of Moll Doyle! (excl.) under Moll Doyle, n.
Old Times in Bush 150: An’ what’s more he never took his drum off (his swag from off his back).at drum, n.5
Old Times in Bush 142: The snake gives a curious sort of turn, and in a jiffy whips the end of his tail into his ‘gob’.at gob, n.1
Old Times in Bush 149: We was a ‘score strung’ (twenty pounds each) each on us.at score-strung (adj.) under score, n.3
Old Times in Bush 150: Look here, master, these chaps is all ‘fly blown,’ and we would like to give them a ‘touch’ before we go; will you advance ten shillings?at touch, n.1
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