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Kate Coventry (1865) 7: I know this was what John calls a ‘back-hander’ at me, but I can be so good-tempered [etc.].at back-hander, n.
Kate Coventry (1865) 7: I know this was what John calls a ‘back-hander’ at me, but I can be so good-tempered [etc.]. Kate Coventry (1865) 76: The moat alone is enough to give one the blues.at blues, n.1
Kate Coventry (1865) 111: I would rather give Brilliant a good ‘bucketing’ [...] than go bodkin in a chariot.at bodkin, n.2
Kate Coventry (1865) 4: Only tell a man you think him good looking, and he falls in love with you directly; or if that is too great a bounce [...] you need only hint that he rides gallantly.at bounce, n.1
Kate Coventry (1865) 150: The luckless plight in which a stout gentleman had found himself, by the temporary loss of all his apparel, while he was disporting in the briny.at briny, n.
Kate Coventry (1865) 111: I would rather give Brilliant a good ‘bucketing’ [...] than go bodkin in a chariot.at bucketing, n.
Kate Coventry (1865) 23: With lynx-eyes she notes how Lady Carmine’s eldest girl is ‘carrying on’ with young Thriftless.at carry on, v.
Kate Coventry (1865) 29: A vision of John ‘doing the polite,’ and laughing as he ceremoniously introduced ‘Captain Lovell’ and ‘Miss Coventry.’.at do the — (v.) under do, v.1
Kate Coventry (1865) 120: Lucky dog – pretty cousin – double harness.at double harness (n.) under double, adj.
Kate Coventry (1865) 149: Such a set of ‘gigs,’ my dear, I never saw in my life; large, under-bred horses, and not a good-looking man among them.at gig, n.2
Kate Coventry (1865) 4: I know Bob didn’t think so, though he got the worst of it, every way.at worst (of it), phr.
Kate Coventry (1865) 146: ‘Is that killing ‘get-up’ entirely for our benefit, John?’ I asked. [Ibid.] 15: Her hair done in two such killing plaits.at killing, adj.
Kate Coventry (1865) 15: I always go out [...] accompanied by the coachman [...] and I soon knock him up completely.at knock up, v.
Kate Coventry (1865) 121: Who’s that girl on the chestnut? [...] looks like a larker – I must get introduced to her.at larker, n.
Kate Coventry (1865) 6: I’ve got bright eyes [...] and loads of soft brown hair.at loads of, n.
Kate Coventry 169: Mr. Lumley himself, or, as the old lady of the house termed him, ‘her old man.’.at old man, n.
Kate Coventry i: We ride many an impetuous steed in safety and comfort that a man would find a dangerous and uncontrollable mount [F&H].at mount, n.
Kate Coventry (1865) 33: As we pulled up in front of the Castle Hotel... ‘’Ere’s a spicy set-out, Bill,’ said one.at set-out, n.
Kate Coventry (1865) 9: Such smart people [...] the slang aristocracy, as they are called, muster in great force at Ascot. [Ibid.] 120: A slang-looking man with red whiskers meeting under his chin.at slang, adj.
Kate Coventry (1865) 33: As we pulled up in front of the Castle Hotel I was proud to hear the admiration our tout ensemble elicited [...] ‘’Ere’s a spicy set-out, Bill,’ said one.at spicy, adj.
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