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[UK] Notts. Guardian 23 Jan. 7/6: [T]he edibles are not those which [...] a Soyer would feel justified in placing before ihe hungry of his species. ‘Mahogany’— the slang term for pig's cheek [...] saveloys, out of which the concoctors have not had the cleanliness to remove the hairs betraying their canine origin [etc].
at mahogany, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 3 July 6/5: She therefore called out, ‘You old trot, do you want to drown me,’ to which Widdowson replied ‘Yes’ and threw a bucketful of water at her.
at old trot (n.) under old, adj.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 18 Sept. 7/4: After [...] the man, who in slang phrase asked Wheatley to turn up his coat cuffs and ‘open his b—y forks,’ so that he might have ‘no planting,’ he allowed himself to be searched, and the watch was found in his pocket.
at plant, v.1
[UK] Nottingham Guardian 23 Mar. 8/1: Dash my rags, Jimmie, it bangs me a’ togidder.
at dash my rags! (excl.) under dash, v.1
[UK] Notts. Guardian 6 Sept. 3/5: There was ’ one rogue in grain’ on ’Change this week and [...] his villainy amounts nearly to murder.
at rogue in grain (n.) under rogue, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 9 July 6/1: Half a dozen tenants meeting at a hedge alehouse.
at hedge-tavern (n.) under hedge, adj.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 24 Feb. 8/2: The high sheriff, whose servants’ upper dresses were decorated with gold lace, accompanied by [...] a gorgeous pair of crimson or scarlet ‘sit-upons’.
at sit-upons (n.) under sit, v.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 12 Apr. 5/3: Drying the dress [...] with wind as ‘sharp as a stepmother’s breath’.
at stepmother’s breath, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 4 Apr. 7/1: It’s a rum world, sir — a rum world! and the more I sees of it, the more conwinced I am that no kind of reform will be worth a button.
at rum, adj.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 30 May 4/4: The gravity of the Japanese Ambassadors was fairly upset by the apron and gaiters of a Bishop, the other day.
at apron and gaiters (n.) under apron, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 13 Jan. 3/3: He saw them fighting, and [...] the plaintiff’s wife had ‘the best of it,’ for she ‘combed’ defendant’s wig in good style.
at comb someone’s hair (v.) under comb, v.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 15 Mar. 8/5: A young fellow, who evidently came from ‘Cockneyshire,’ was brought up in custody.
at Cockneyshire (n.) under Cockney, adj.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 18 June 3/5: Such conduct was more worthy of these who were 'dragged up by the hair on the head and fed with a fire-shovel' than of a gentleman.
at fed with a fire-shovel, phr.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 10 Feb. 9/5: I am not one of your maggot-headed fellows who go running after every new-fangled notion.
at maggot-brained (adj.) under maggot, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 17 Dec. 11/4: The ‘journeyman soul-saver’ (i.e. missionary), the mild Hindoo, and his compatriot from their respective boxes, will abuse each other’s wives, mothers, and female ancestry.
at journeyman soul-saver, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 20 May 10/4: So you call me miffy, do you? What a libel — I am nothing of the kind.
at miffy, adj.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 28 Jan. 10/6: Old carpets may be used, but evidently he thinks small beer of such like covering.
at think small beer of (v.) under small beer, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 30 Mar. 12/3: You will understand what a time this bletherheaded Scot has led me. He was always a saucy upstart.
at bletherheaded (adj.) under blether, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 27 Aug. 11/5: ‘Jacky Turner,’ the walking stationer [...] had no difficulty in selling his papers.
at walking stationer (n.) under walking, adj.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 10 Dec. 6/5: The jealous Gorger kept watch [...] over the Lancashire Lad.
at gorger, n.1
[UK] Notts. Guardian 2 Feb. 3/3: William Hollis, alias ‘Gammy,’ hawker, cjharged with having wound ed mary Ann Moore.
at gammy, n.2
[UK] Notts. Guardian 24 Aug. 5/4: What a mug I must have been. I didn’t know the lils were ‘wrong ’uns’.
at lil, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 6 July 6/7: The camel driver or ‘oont-wallah’ as he was called, seized hold of that [rope] attached to number one.
at oont, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 24 Aug. 5/4: They were giv’ to me, and I only had ‘half a thick ’un’ for my trouble.
at half-thick (’un) (n.) under thick ’un, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 24 Aug. 5/4: What a mug I must have been. I didn’t know the lils were ‘wrong ’uns’.
at wrong ’un, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 23 May 4/3: Dr Cookson, the Vice-Chancellor irreverently known in those days as ‘Dismal Jimmy’.
at dismal jimmy, n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 30 May 7/5: A Dalmatian named Primrose. The plum-pudding dog was objected to at the recent [...] show.
at plum-pudding (dog), n.
[UK] Notts. Guardian 21 Oct. 6/3: You a judge! You great gumph.
at gump, n.1
[UK] Notts. Guardian 3 June 8/7: I’ll take my colonial oath [...] that hit of midwinter’s [...] knocks spots off Bonnor’s record at Lords.
at my oath!, excl.
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