1860 W.D. O’Connor Harrington 184: By the great horn spoon! I’d just like to have the stringin’ up of them law-abiders.at by the great horn spoon! (excl.) under great...!, excl.
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I 35: I drank a pint of ale bang off.at bang off (adv.) under bang, adv.
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I 37: It was her money, of course. ‘Rich as Croesus, and as wicked as the black man below!’ as dear papa used to say.at black man (n.) under black, adj.
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I 248: The ball, indeed, was dropping straight into the hands of [...] the long-hit-off, he who never was known to miss a catch – butter-fingered beast! – he let the ball slip through his fingers.at butterfingers (n.) under butter, n.1
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I 178: Dang’d if I didn’t think ’twere that Garge of our’n.at dang, v.
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I 197: They all move our pity. That’s how they get over us. She has diddled you, and she would diddle me, and diddle us all — diddle the devil, I dare say.at diddle, v.2
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III 280: Mama displeases me in consenting to act as house-keeper to old Grumpus.at grumpus, n.
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington I 136: Gad, you blow us up out of the House. What would you do in? Smithereens, I think!at smithereens, n.
1861 G. Meredith Evan Harrington III 78: You are now at liberty. Ta-ta, as soon as you please.at ta-ta, n.