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London Labour cited in Dublin Mag. June 509: There’s nothing o’ that sort among us; the rich has all that barrikin to themselves.at barrikin, n.
London Labour cited in Dublin Mag. June 509: There’s nothing o’ that sort among us; the rich has all that barrikin to themselves. London Labour I 142/2: Sleeping in barns, out-houses, carts, or under hay-stacks [...] when their funds are insufficient to defray the charge of a bed, or a part of one, at a country ‘dossing-crib’ (low lodging- house).at dossing crib (n.) under doss, n.1
London Labour 1 40/2: As for the hair, they say it ought to be long in front, and done in ‘figure-six’ curls, or twisted back to the ear ‘Newgate-knocker style’.at Newgate knocker (n.) under Newgate, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 191/2: Juba was first class – a regular A 1 – he was a regular black, and a splendid dancer in boots.at A-1, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 80/1: When the telescope was finished, it wasn’t worth a d--.at not worth a damn, phr.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor (1968) II 368/1: I was accompanied by the master of the house, to whom I had been recommended by one of the fraternity as an intelligent man, and one who knew ‘a thing or two’.at know a thing or two, v.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 43/2: So I was five months out of employment, knocking about – living first on my wages and then on my clothes.at knock about, v.1
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 153/2: Here I’ve been for about eight months knocking about.at knock about, v.1
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor II 154/2: There was cheatin’ a goin’ on; it wasn’t all fair and above board.at above board, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor IV 249/1: Those who gain their living by keeping accommodation houses [...] are of course to be placed in the category of the people who are dependant [sic] on prostitutes.at accommodation house, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 30/2: There’s lots of boys going silling ‘ketch ’em alive oh’s from Golden Lane and Whitechapel. [Ibid.] 32/1: ‘We are called in the trade,’ said the father, ‘fly-paper makers.’ They used to put a nice name to things once [...] but now they use merely the word ‘fly-papers,’ or ‘fly-destroyers,’ or ‘fly-catchers,’ or ‘catch ’em alive, oh’.at catch ’em (all) alive-o, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 65/1: Ha-a-ansome cod! best in the market! All alive! alive! alive O!at all alivo, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor (1968) III 44: When the mob began to gather round I felt all-overish.at all-overish, adj.1
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 93/1: Now if these people was to go frontwards, it would be all up with me.at all up with under all up, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor (1968) I 39: The ‘penny gaffs’ is rather more in my style; the songs are out and out, and makes our gals laugh.at out-and-out, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 259/1: One of the showfuls; a dicky one; a free-and-easy.at free-and-easy, n.
London Labour and London Poor IV 280/2: I have just met Mrs. So-and-so, and spent nearly all my money.at so-and-so, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor IV 25: ‘Area Sneaks,’ or those who steal from houses by going down the area steps. [Ibid.] IV 291/1: These area-divers go down into the areas, and open the safes where provisions are kept [...] and carry off the spoil.at area-sneak, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor (1968) III 279/2: Very bad drink it is – the worst – it makes me sick as a dog.at …a dog (adj.) under sick as…, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 243/2: The landlord of which is not ‘awake’ or ‘fly’ to the ‘moves’ and dodges of the trade.at awake, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 166/1: She can be dancing across two baccy-pipes without breaking them.at bacca-pipe (n.) under bacca, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 217/2: I give below a vocabulary of their talk to each other: [...] Balmy .... Insane.at balmy, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 242/2: They are a class whom the patterers [...] not so very unreasonably consider ‘fair game’ for bamboozling.at bamboozle, v.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 312/2: All the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis).at bang-up, adj.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor IV 426/1: My brother [...] got to clean knives and forks at a slap-bang (an eating house) in the city.at slap-bang(-shop), n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 360/1: Many a banyan day I’ve had in my little room – upon a wet day – aye, and other days too.at Banyan day, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 258/2: The eldest – about fourteen – was vowing vengeance upon ‘Taylor Tom’ for attempting to ‘walk the barber’ (seduce his ‘gal’).at walk the barber (v.) under barber, n.1
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 138/1: ‘Billy Barlow,’ is another supposed comic character.at billy barlow, n.1
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 15/1: We can’t tumble to that barrikin.at barrikin, n.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor III 356/1: His poor horse gets ‘bashed’ to bits.at bash, v.
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