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[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 234: If Mr. Prince had caught me before his establishment had got blown upon in the public prints, he might have persuaded me to become an inmate of the Agapemone.
at blow, v.1
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 24: The immediate effect of the Corpse Reviver was to fill us with extraordinary courage.
at corpse reviver (n.) under corpse, n.
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales I 209: As certain as D.T. is the end of drinking.
at DTs, n.
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales II 42: He’s always a-talking about ma’s old flames.
at flame, n.
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 24: Lor, bless yer miss [...] that’s the beating of the hair-pump, that is; if that was to stop for arf a minute, it would be all Hookey with us.
at hookey (walker), n.
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales I 182: In Wiltshire we are not fond of strangers; we are a simple race – some people even call us moon-rakers.
at moon-raker, n.
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 49: ‘Mum is the word,’ observed the page, and he winked.
at mum’s the word under mum, adj.
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 76: My Dear Uncle,—Please to send me the skiv by return, for I sadly want some comfort.
at skiv, n.1
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 20: I mean The Neverfailing Sodawater Cocktail; ‘Smashes’ and ‘Slings’ of all kinds.
at smash, n.1
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 23: He prepared a Stone Fence (price one shilling).
at stone fence (n.) under stone, adj.
[UK] J. Payn Glow-Worm Tales III 72: I am under obligations to Naggit to the extent of three bob and a tizzy.
at tizzy, n.1
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