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[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 3: Adam’s-ale. Water.
at Adam’s ale (n.) under Adam, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 246: Tom-and-Jerry. A beerhouse.
at tom-and-jerry (shop) (n.) under tom and jerry, n.1
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 11: Anyhow, Anyhows. In confusion; disordered, upset [...] ‘You should have seen the room; it was anyhow’.
at anyhow, adj.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 12: Arsy-versy. Topsy-turvy, upside down.
at arsey-varsey, phr.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 238: Thick. Intimate. ‘As thick as thieves.’.
at ...thieves under thick as..., adj.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 276: As full as a blow’d mouse.
at full as..., adj.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 22: Barnacles. Spectacles.
at barnacles, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 218: Small-beer. ‘He does not think small-beer of himself’ = he thinks himself of great importance.
at think small beer of (v.) under small beer, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 26: Beetle-headed. Wooden-headed, stupid.
at beetle-head (n.) under beetle, n.1
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 26: Bellyvengeance. Sour ‘drink,’ as cider, beer.
at belly vengeance (n.) under belly, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 26: Belt [...] To hurry, to rush.
at belt, v.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 28: Bested. Cheated, overreached.
at bested (adj.) under best, v.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 31: Blobmouthed. Talkative.
at blobbermouth, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 31: Blunt. Money.
at blunt, n.1
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 34: Bran-faced. Freckled. ‘Be off, yo’ bran-faced madam.’.
at bran-faced, adj.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 34: Brassy. Bold, impudent. ‘A brassy madam.’.
at brassy, adj.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 38: Bumptious. Arrogant, conceited.
at bumptious, adj.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 38: Bundle. A large, fat woman.
at bundle, n.1
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 41: Cakey. Weak of intellect; silly.
at cakey, adj.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 44: Chance-child. An illegitimate child.
at chance child, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 48: Clack. [...] (2) A contemptuous epithet for a woman’s tongue.
at clack, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 72: Elbow-grease. Persevering labour of the arms.
at elbow grease, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 74: Faggot. A degrading and contemptuous epithet applied to a female.
at faggot, n.1
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 80: Fish! Expressive of contempt, disparagement [...] It is a euphemism, I believe, for a slang term for pudenda. ‘Fish! to it.’.
at fish!, excl.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 82: Folks. Friends.
at folks, n.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 94: Go-by-the-ground. A dwarf.
at go-by-the-ground (n.) under go, v.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 93: Gob. [...] To spit out; expectorate.
at gob, v.
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 93: Gob. [...] A lump of anything, as ‘Gi’e us a gob o’ rock (sweetstuff)’.
at gob, n.2
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 93: Gob. Spittle containing mucus.
at gob, n.2
[UK] G.F. Northall Warwickshire Word-Book 94: Gold-digger. An emptier of compost holes: a Jakes-man.
at gold-finder (n.) under gold, n.
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