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Paved with Gold 389: That rogue doesn’t care a curse what he does.at not care a curse, v.
Paved with Gold 389: That rogue doesn’t care a curse what he does. Paved with Gold 122: ‘What are you doing to earn a living?’ ‘Oh, knocking and rowing about, mother; doing a job at anythink.’.at knock about, v.1
Paved with Gold 191: Then they went to work slogging, Jack delivering a ‘head-acher’ on the ‘wool-grower’.at head-acher, n.
Paved with Gold 169: In this curious language did they defy each other, speaking of the jaw as a ‘jackdaw,’ calling an arm a ‘five-acre farm,’ and terming a nose an ‘I suppose’.at five-acre farm, n.
Paved with Gold 97: I could see he were all there, and a rare bit of stuff.at all there, adj.
Paved with Gold 381: Go along with you — you don’t mean it.at get along with you!, excl.
Paved with Gold 309: He was nicknamed the ‘Amen bawler’ (parson) and recommended to take to the ‘hum box’ (pulpit).at amen-bawler (n.) under amen, n.
Paved with Gold 169: ‘I’ll smash your ‘glass case’ and damage your ‘north and south’,’ roared Bill, referring to the face and mouth of his opponent.at north (and south), n.
Paved with Gold 101: Besides these were messrs. ‘Cherry-legs’ and ‘Dot-and-carry-One,’ and ‘Shivery-shanks’.at dot and carry one, n.
Paved with Gold 67: Then came wonderings as to what ‘So-and-so’ was doing.at so-and-so, n.
Paved with Gold 263: There’s more glory in killing a peacock than bagging a sparrow.at bag, v.
Paved with Gold 285: Keep them bag-pipes o’ your’n quiet.at bagpipes, n.
Paved with Gold 23: I ain’t going to be bamboozled, my lady!at bamboozle, v.
Paved with Gold 265: Whilst my mates are drinking the ‘belch,’ I want to talk business with you.at belch, n.
Paved with Gold 269: Well, he ain’t an out-and-outer [...] but he’s a good-looking chap; and the servant-girls takes to him. He helps to bring in the ‘belly timber’ .at belly timber (n.) under belly, n.
Paved With Gold 265: I’ve brought a couple of bene coves, with lots of the Queen’s pictures in their sacks.at bene cove (n.) under bene, adj.
Paved with Gold 267: The brick house agin the bridge is bene if you can catch the ‘burerk’ (mistress) at home.at bene, adj.
Paved with Gold 253: If I could grab one of those ‘biddies,’ I’d have him boiled.at he-biddy (n.) under biddy, n.1
Paved with Gold 255: We’ve ‘bilked’ (swindled) my nabs out of his ‘pig’ (sixpence).at bilk, v.
Paved with Gold 98: He do like a bit of scarlet [...] You might a’most see to go to bed by Phil’s swearing, it’s so blazing powerful.at bit of scarlet (n.) under bit, n.1
Paved with Gold 97: I could see he were all there, and a rare bit of stuff.at bit of stuff, n.
Paved with Gold 115: Gentlemen [...] will fall to and fight on the slightest pretext, whether it be the ‘bite of a thumb at them,’ or the using of disrespectful expressions, or a too vigorous push with the shoulder.at bite one’s/the thumb at (v.) under bite, v.
Paved with Gold 68: Do you think he’ll blab if he’s caught?at blab, v.
Paved with Gold 266: Cuss you for a lobb-mouth. Call me mother you black spy.at black spy (n.) under black, adj.
Paved with Gold 224: The dashing young blades were in ripe spirits for the fun of the road.at blade, n.
Paved with Gold 301: Thundering hard; but by blazes she’s right!at blazes, n.
Paved with Gold 98: He do like a bit of scarlet [...] You might a’most see to go to bed by Phil’s swearing, it’s so blazing powerful.at blazing, adv.
Paved with Gold 343: Have you no sense, blockhead?at blockhead, n.1
Paved with Gold 266: Just out of the ‘blockhouse’ (gaol) and never felt better.at blockhouse, n.
Paved with Gold 253: Billy Fortune [...] wished he had ‘that old bloak’s tin’.at bloke, n.
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