Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 179: The big wigs sat at the high table.at bigwig, n.
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 202: Brolly – An umbrella.at brolly, n.
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 180: Washed down by libations of ‘Huff’.at huffcap, n.
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 23: Here there is no tuft-hunting — wealth and rank have little influence.at tuft-hunting, n.
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 136: I was a tolerably good hand at the former [football], and rather a muff at the latter [cricket].at muff, n.2
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 122: The Praefects would subside into comfortably stuffed seats between their scobs, and set to work ‘Mugging,’ (reading hard).at mug (up), v.2
R.B. Mansfield School Life at Winchester 231: SCADGER—A Ruffian.at scadger, n.
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 234: Sock – To hit hard at cricket.at sock, v.1
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 238: Thick – Stupid.at thick, adj.
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 238: Thick – Stupid [...] thus a Dunce.at thick, n.
Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 121: Twopenn’orth of biscuits, or a ‘Tizzy tart.’.at tizzy, n.1
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