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[UK] J. Labern ‘The Stunning Meat Pie’ Comic Songs 6: It was a Stunner out and out.
at out-and-out, adv.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Fairlop Fair’ Comic Songs 21: All at once the tail fell down / And spilt us in the road [...] We book’d ourselves for dead.
at book, v.1
[UK] J. Labern ‘Hannibal Knobbs’ Comic Songs 14: I used to have plenty to do, / And pocketted plenty of Brads.
at brad, n.1
[UK] J. Labern ‘Man For a Family’ Comic Songs 24: Their parents come and make a rout, / And vow they’ll give my brats a Corker.
at corker, n.2
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Larned Dustman’ Comic Songs 28: Its there I cut no little shine, / Mong birds of Noble Feather.
at cut (up) a shine (v.) under cut up, v.1
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Man For a Family’ Comic Songs 24: They play at cockshy with my plates / And then knock the daylights thro’ my dishes.
at beat the (living) daylight(s) out of (v.) under daylights, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Larned Dustman’ Comic Songs 28: You’d scarce believe a Brougham’s Head / Lies underneath my Fantail.
at fantail, n.1
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Larned Dustman’ Comic Songs 28: The Wote by Ballads I admire, / And them as don’t are guffins.
at guffin, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Christmas Capers’ Comic Songs 27: And being half Seas Over / They go Swimming Home to Bed.
at half seas over, adj.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Fasionable Arrivals’ Comic Songs 10: Count Flammer the Berk’ley adorns, / Sir Milksop’s returned to his Mother, / And Lord Cuckold’s put up at the Horns.
at horn, n.1
[UK] J. Labern ‘I Don’t Like to See’ Comic Songs 9: I don’t like to see people Shooting the Moon.
at shoot the moon (v.) under moon, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Receipts for a Cold’ Comic Songs 17: Troubled with Phlegm in your throat odd rut it, / A Carving Knife swallow, it’s the finest thing to Cut it.
at od rot it! under od, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Stunning Meat Pie’ Comic Songs 7: They finished the filling up, odd’zooks / With a ton of Kidney Taters.
at odzooks! (excl.) under ods, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Paddy McShane’ Comic Songs 24: May Glory smile o’er Paddy’s Isle.
at paddy land (n.) under Paddy, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Catalani Joe’ Comic Songs 26: My Masters Gun – I thought of thee – The day when I enlisted / Oh Lady fair – come pig with me – I’m not to be resisted.
at pig, v.2
[UK] J. Labern ‘Paddy McShane’ Comic Songs 25: I hit the chief, the blackguard thief, / And made his Pumpkin rattle.
at pumpkin, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Receipts for a Cold’ Comic Songs 17: [If] You find your Cold is getting much worse [...] If you feel rather Roupy and your going to sing, / Suck a Shilling’s worth of Eggs, it’s a very fine thing.
at ropey, adj.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Christmas Capers’ Comic Songs 27: Logs burning – spits turning, / For a scrumtious Mortal George.
at scrumptious, adj.
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Man For a Family’ Comic Songs 24: So I’m forc’d to say I’ll serve ’em out.
at serve out (v.) under serve, v.
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Man For a Family’ Comic Songs 24: They smug the Children’s Bread and Butter.
at smug, v.
[UK] J. Labern ‘I Don’t Like to See’ Comic Songs 10: I don’t like to see [...] a Boy about 12 sticking up to a Gal.
at stick up to, v.
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Larned Dustman’ Comic Songs 28: Thro’ industry I’ve saved some dust, / From bus’ness I’ll soon stump it.
at stump, v.2
[UK] J. Labern ‘The Stunning Meat Pie’ Comic Songs 6: It was a Stunner out and out.
at stunner, n.
[UK] J. Labern Comic Songs 6: [song title] The Stunning Meat Pie.
at stunning, adj.
[UK] J. Labern ‘I Don’t Like to See’ Comic Songs 9: I don’t like to see [...] a girl with great Taters stuck out at her Heels.
at tater, n.
[UK] J. Labern ‘Royal Appointments’ Comic Songs 8: Ev’ry Old File / As well as the young ’uns wear Prince Albert’s Tile.
at young ’un (n.) under young, adj.
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