1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 78: That I should have afterwards changed my mind, and answered the advertisement of the committee, which appeared in the ‘agony’ column of the ‘Times’.at agony column (n.) under agony, n.
1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 130: ‘I am awfully done,’ said Spiffy. ‘I never went to bed at all last night.’.at done, adj.
1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 127: Only the fag-end of the diplomatic corps had responded.at fag end, n.
1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 149: The free and easy ‘Frank, old fellow’ and ‘slap on the back’ style.at old fellow, n.
1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 90: ‘What does the – ’ I am afraid I mentally said ‘old girl’ – ‘want, I wonder?’.at old gal, n.
1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 99: It was the ‘pick-me-up’ I always get at Harris’s, the apothecary in St. James’s Street.at pick-me-up, n.
1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 134: I thought I should be most likely to hear the truth by applying to the Honourable Spiffington.at spiffy, adj.
1870 L. Oliphant Piccadilly 141: I even used to feel it when I was in the diplomatic service, and received a severe ‘wigging.’.at wigging, n.