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[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 18 Nov. 20: So it is, indeed, yer beast – yes, [...] yer nasty, dirty, filthy, stinking, short-legged little warmint!
at beast, n.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 2 Dec. 40: The lady of the house related the joke [...] to her kind better half.
at better half, n.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 44: I don’t fight that way, you blackguard.
at blackguard, n.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 4 Nov. 2: I say, mother, look here – I’m blowed if there ar’n’t Bet Slobkins vith a lot ov swells in a shay! [Ibid.] 30 Dec. 72: I’m blowed if this here ain’t a rum go.
at I’ll be blowed! (excl.) under blowed, adj.1
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 4 Nov. 6: ‘So help my tibby,’ observed Mr. Piper, with that emphatic enunciation that carried the truth.
at s’elp me bob!, excl.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 23 Dec. 63: Do you know [...] as my young missus was a-going to bolt vith that ’ere feller.
at bolt, v.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 18 Nov. 19: The little wretches! – what a bore!
at bore, n.1
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 4 Nov. 7: Lend us half-a-bull on that ere flute, vill yer?
at half-a-bull (n.) under bull, n.3
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 18 Nov. 19: ‘Conwince yerself, my cock,’ replied Mr. Dribble.
at cock, n.2
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 48: Vere’s yer vife, yer nincompoop? Vere’s yer yard measure, yer counter-jumper?
at counter-jumper, n.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 18 Nov. 19: What a whacker – here’s a sarver – crikey, what a length.
at crikey!, excl.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 48: D--n me, Ned, I wish you’d blackened t’other eye for him, the scamp.
at damn, v.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 16 Dec. 52: I’m d----d if it an’t one of them flats we had a lark with in the gardens.
at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 11 Nov. 11: Who the deuce is that queer-looking feller?
at deuce, the, phr.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 2 Dec. 35: A ‘Jerry my Diddler’ tenpence.
at diddler, n.2
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 4 Nov. 7: ‘Vill yer arn a shilling easy?’ said the groom. ‘Can a duck swim?’ answered he of the frock.
at can a duck swim? under duck, n.1
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 4 Nov. 6: ‘What do you want, squinny eye?’ said the impudent man of the stable.
at squinny-eyes, n.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 45: What a funk that ere military cove is in, to be sure.
at funk, n.2
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 2 Dec. 36: ‘I ain’t got it, old girl,’ said the shabby man.
at old gal, n.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 43: I’m glad to see yer; we’ve got a gallus large party to-day.
at gallows, adv.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 45: ‘Here’s a go’ said Joe Pitman. [Ibid.] 47: I’m jiggered if it a’nt a rum go.
at go, n.1
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 30 Dec. 66: He attempted it, but it turned out no go.
at no go, phr.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 11 Nov. 15: I suppose [...] as that nasty feller, Kink, has gone out to get guzzle for yer both.
at guzzle, n.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 46: But hang me if I don’t cut my stick; I doesn’t fancy being blowed up by yer all.
at hang me! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 43: Never mind, I’ll have him presently.
at have, v.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 4 Nov. 3: What’s it to you, Mother Cockahoop! [...] You’re only wild cos they didn’t take no notice ov you, I s’pose.
at what’s it to you?, phr.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 16 Dec. 53: He left the widow to secure her retreat as best she could, and mizzled into the street.
at mizzle, v.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 9 Dec. 48: He became attached to the London swell mob, and finally was transported for picking pockets.
at mob, n.2
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 4 Nov. 7: ‘Odd fish!’ observed the squire.
at odd fish (n.) under odd, adj.
[UK] R. Nicholson Cockney Adventures 23 Dec. 58: After metaphorically consigning the optics of his brother to the infernal regions.
at optic, n.
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