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Leicester Jrnl 22 June 2/3: There will be hell to pay if the matter (Wright against Wardle) comes on for trial.at hell to pay under hell, n.
Leicester Jrnl 22 June 2/3: There will be hell to pay if the matter (Wright against Wardle) comes on for trial. Leicester Jrnl 6 Dec. 2/5: Mankind o’er women empire boasts / And claims a right to roam; / But very often blust’ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.at jerry sneak, n.1
Leicester Jrnl 4 Dec. 4/5: ‘Dead as a herring,’ he exclaimed, throwing down his gun.at dead as..., adj.
Leicester Jrnl 4 Dec. 4/5: May old Davy Jones sink me in his locker.at Davy Jones’s locker, n.
Leicester Jrnl 18 Dec. 3/4: Seeing a tempting dish of his favourite Murphies, he [...] greedily devoured the whole! thus leaving the man, his wife and family, to dine that night with Duke Humphrey.at dine with Duke Humphrey (v.) under dine, v.
Leicester Jrnl 4 Dec. 4/5: D’ye sose I’ll close up the hatchway of my mouth? If so, may old Davy Jones sink me in his locker.at hatchway, n.
Leicester Jrnl 4 Dec. 4/5: A half pint if I don’t plug that goose yonder.at plug, v.1
Leicester Jrnl 30 Jan. 4/1: Ye journeymen cobblers, ye tag-rag and bob-tail, [...] the elite of the town, / Throw away ev’ry tool, and Parnassans assail, / For London’s New College is now all your own [...] / by the name of the great Stinkomalee.at Stinkomalee, n.
Leicester Jrnl 6 Mar. 4/4: Thunder an’ ages! An’ what’s that?at thunder!, excl.
Leicester Jrnl 26 Mar. 3/5: Two resurrectionists having met in ‘the West End,’ when the fashionably dressed and well-laced gentlemen passed them. ‘I say, Jack [...] d’ye see those three subjects, man?’ ‘No fooling it over me,’ answered his brother snatcher [etc].at snatcher, n.
Leicester Jrnl 12 Aug. 3/1: The complainant on going to see the fun, received an Irish compliment on his pate, which knocked him down.at Irish compliment (n.) under Irish, adj.
Leicester Jrnl 26 Oct. 4/2: Cort answered, that he wanted some ‘cock broth’.at cock-broth (n.) under cock, n.3
Leicester Jrnl 2 Dec. 1: ‘As thick as three in a bed’ has long been illustrative of too many in the sleeping department.at ...three in a bed under thick as..., adj.
Leicester Jrnl 2 Nov. 2/7: One of the villains [...] wore a billy cock hat.at billycock, n.
Leicester Jrnl 17 May 4: Oscroft [...] being very nutty upon and backing Showell.at nutty upon (adj.) under nutty, adj.2
Leicester Jrnl 16 July 2/7: Billy Houghton, Esq., captain of the Billy-cock hat brigade.at billycock, n.
Leicester Jrnl 1 Mar. 4/1: To one long used to gloom — All in my eye.at all my eye, phr.
Leicester Jrnl 1 Mar. 4/1: Men's garments must topsy-turvy whirl’d, / And alter’d every fortnight — Who’s your hatter?at who’s your hatter? under hatter, n.2
Leicester Jrnl 14 Apr. 2/7: Pretty well this for a sucking babe of grace who is desirous of teaching us our duty to God.at babe of grace (n.) under babe, n.
Leicester Jrnl 31 Mar. 1/4: How can I give it you, when you don’t tell me who you are, you stupid bog-trotter? You’re an ignorant old spalpeen.at bogtrotter (n.) under bog, n.3
Leicester Jrnl 28 Apr. 4/2: My companion was asked ‘if there was any flashing dancing?’ With a knowing wink the boy answered, ’Lots! show their legs and all prime!’’.at flash, v.1
Leicester Jrnl 28 Apr. 4/2: The boy followed up his information by a request for a ‘yennep’ to get a ‘tib of occabot’.at occabot, n.
Leicester Jrnl 28 Apr. 4/2: The boy followed up his information by a request for a ‘yennep’ to get a ‘tib of occabot’.at yennep, n.
(ref. to 18C) Leicester Jrnl 7 Dec. 4/1: Let us call for what, in the lang of the day, was termed our ‘Mahometan gruel,’ or ‘Turkish sobriety’.at Mahometan gruel, n.
(ref. to 18C) Leicester Jrnl 7 Dec. 4/1: They are indulging in [...] chocolate, while their chairmen outside have a good drain of porter’s guzzle.at guzzle, n.
Leicester Jrnl 1 Aug. 4/1: Well, oi’m giormed if oi ever!at gormed, adj.
Leicester Jrnl 1 Aug. 4/1: Don’t coom gosterin’ here, — I can’t dew nothin sorry!at goster, n.
Leicester Jrnl 15 July 8/5: Tare an’ ages, there they go!at tare an’ ages!, excl.
Leicester Jrnl 15 July 8/5: Thunder an’ ounds! but they’ve cotched it!at tare an’ ouns!, excl.
Leicester Jrnl 6 Apr. 3/1: The Morning Advertiser has obtained from well known divine the sobriquet of the Gin and Gospel Gazette.at Gin and Gospel Gazette (n.) under gin, n.4
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