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Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 54: My first is a little thing vot hops,—(sparrow) / My second brings us good hay crops,—(grass) / My whole I eats with mutton chops,—(sparrow grass).at sparrow-grass, n.
Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 54: My first is a little thing vot hops,—(sparrow) / My second brings us good hay crops,—(grass) / My whole I eats with mutton chops,—(sparrow grass). Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 24: Not forgetting that a fat, clumsy, vulgar woman is jocularly termed a horse-godmother.at horse godmother (n.) under horse, n.
in Pegge Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 292: He’s got his gruel.at get one’s gruel (v.) under gruel, n.
in Pegge Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 295: ‘The cheese,’ is evidently a phrase of the same character as the American ‘jam’.at jam, n.2
in Pegge Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 298: The guardians of the public peace, who walk about in blue coats and white trimmings, are called ‘raw lobsters’.at raw lobster (n.) under raw, adj.
in Pegge Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 299: ‘But to his nose he clapped his thumb, / And spread his fingers out.’ This is called by the Cockney, ‘taking a sight’, by the Manchester man, ‘doing snooks’.at take a (single) sight (at) (v.) under sight, n.1
in Pegge Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 299: ‘But to his nose he clapped his thumb, / And spread his fingers out.’ This is called by the Cockney, ‘taking a sight’, by the Manchester man, ‘doing snooks’.at cock a snoot (at) (v.) under snoot, n.
in Pegge Anecdotes of the Eng. Lang. 292: Cut it fat.at cut it spicy (v.) under spicy, adj.
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