1863 T. Moser Mahoe Leaves 88: Smith, who had been some time in China [...] was a ‘dab’ at ‘Canton English’.at dab, n.1
1863 T. Moser Mahoe Leaves 54: Parnapa proceeded to beat the ‘devil’s tattoo’ upon his iron pot.at devil’s tattoo (n.) under devil, n.
1863 T. Moser Mahoe Leaves 38: ‘Canton English’ [...] consists in being able to ring all the changes on the words ‘Savey,’ ‘Comprador,’ ‘number one’ and the everlasting ‘pigeon’.at number one, adj.
1863 T. Moser Mahoe Leaves 38: The majority of the conference did not appear to pay much attention, one observing to me that [...] the koroheka (old man) was ‘porangi’ (foolish).at porangi, adj.
1863 T. Moser Mahoe Leaves 38: ‘Canton English’ [...] consists in being able to ring all the changes on the words ‘Savey,’ ‘Comprador,’ ‘number one’ and the everlasting ‘pigeon’.at savvy, v.