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Penny Showman 13: I also saw [...] the Hooks and Eyes (Crooks) very busy in the crowd outside.at hook-and-eye, n.
Penny Showman 13: I also saw [...] the Hooks and Eyes (Crooks) very busy in the crowd outside. Penny Showman 5: I was what they called a Noah’s Ark (Nark).at Noah’s (ark), n.1
Penny Showman 60: John Audley, by the way, is a slang word for be quick, and by doing it John Audley, it enabled us to get the audiences in and out a great deal oftener.at John Audley, phr.
Penny Showman 14: I therefore went down with the rest [...] into the cell to await the Black Maria to cart us off.at Black Maria, n.
Penny Showman 60: The greater the number of persons attending the show, the more he got for himself by Bottling (collecting) inside.at bottle, v.2
Penny Showman 12: We must get a Lolly Pop (shop) on the Bounce, for a Saturday night.at on the bounce (adv.) under bounce, n.1
Penny Showman 69: I don’t mind needles, but B----r Cigars!at bugger, v.1
Penny Showman 69: And what a bumper weekend we had to be sure.at bumper, adj.
Penny Showman 59: When I had a good day, so had he – we had what we term a ‘burster’.at buster, n.1
Penny Showman 2: I decided then and there to give the long hours of hard work of butchering a go by.at give someone/something the go-by (v.) under go-by, n.
Penny Showman 12: Anyway, I chucked her up.at chuck up, v.2
Penny Showman 57: We got a bit chummy.at chummy, adj.
Penny Showman 83: Neither of the latter two being much cop – but they answered the purpose.at no cop under cop, n.2
Penny Showman 69: It took the doorman and myself all our time to steady the crush.at crush, n.1
Penny Showman 2: A white hard felt hat with a black band, patent button boots, field glasses, crutch and toothpick stick.at crutch, n.1
Penny Showman 14: It served me damn well right.at damn well, adv.
Penny Showman 21: I’ll be damned if you hadn’t got two large rings on each hand on the outside of your gloves.at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
Penny Showman 7: Why he’s a bigger damn liar than you are.at damn, adj.
Penny Showman 21: Poverty is no disgrace, but I have found it damned inconvenient.at damned, adv.
Penny Showman 67: Darn me, Inspector, if I don’t think that he’s a dead ‘un.at darn, v.
Penny Showman 14: After about two hours in this den, the Black Maria arrived.at den, n.
Penny Showman 26: I [...] took him to the digs.at digs, n.1
Penny Showman 6: Be that as it may, it was a good duff (fake).at duff, n.1
Penny Showman 54: I was informed later that it was a put up job, and that it had all been ready eyed.at ready eye, v.
Penny Showman 6: Anyway, I fell for his tale.at fall for, v.
Penny Showman 21: I gloried in being of a very flash appearance.at flash, adj.
Penny Showman 50: The front flash or paintings were fastened up in the windows.at flash, n.1
Penny Showman 76: The instigator of disorderly scenes at his gaff.at gaff, n.1
Penny Showman 12: Up would go the Oil Paintings in the windows, Sawdust on the floor, write gags on the windows with whitening or soap, and in a very short time all would be ready for opening.at gag, n.
Penny Showman 24: I would exhibit that woman and Gag (boost) her up for all I was worth.at gag, v.
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