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Wild Tribes of London 61: Downy Dick, we call him [...] Dick’s got a head as long as your arm, and that’s a fact.at as long as one’s arm (adj.) under arm, n.
Wild Tribes of London 61: Downy Dick, we call him [...] Dick’s got a head as long as your arm, and that’s a fact. Wild Tribes of London 89: It is a purse, a bulky one – and we were right in saying that little thieving Jack had been doing business to-day.at business, n.
Wild Tribes of London 71: Wonder what Ned’s been up to; some of his pals have made a crack, no doubt.at crack, n.4
Wild Tribes of London 76: The respectability of the quarter now known as the ‘Dials’ shrunk [...] from the touch of the adjacent Rookery.at Dials, the, n.
Wild Tribes of London 83: There’s the Hindoo-and-trac’ dodge – the Uncle Tom – the persecuted Nigger go [...] and a precious sight o’ dodges beside.at dodge, n.
Wild Tribes of London 61: That’s Dick – Dick Abott, of the Mint – Downy Dick, we call him; and a knowing card he is too.at downy, adj.1
Wild Tribes of London 65: No fences! no receivers! Why, just walk down the Lane [...] and if I don’t show you a dozen thieves to one fence, and three fences to one honest man, call me a Dutchman.at fence, n.1
Wild Tribes of London 70: This, you see, is a fence-house; and those what we call Petticoat-lane fencers.at fence, n.1
Wild Tribes of London 70: This, you see, is a fence-house; and those what we call Petticoat-lane fencers.at fencer, n.
Wild Tribes of London 63: These bonnets, now, are for Australy; with lots o’ ribbins; they’ll be all the go at the diggins.at all the go (adj.) under go, n.1
Wild Tribes of London 96: Baked-potato shops [...] combine the attractions of the ‘jemmy’ or sheep’s head business with the other.at jemmy, n.1
Wild Tribes of London 86: The jug’s better than the vurkus anyhow; lot’s o’ grub.at jug, n.1
Wild Tribes of London 115: Swaggering fellows, clad in weather-stained velveteens [...] and showy ‘kingsmen’ twined round their brawny necks.at kingsman, n.
Wild Tribes of London 57: Among the groups that now crowd the Lane, several figures arrest our attention. [...] men who have travelled from all corners of the earth to trade, and trade in Petticoat-lane.at Lane, the, n.
Wild Tribes of London 108: The long, greasy hair and Newgate-knocker curls of Cautious Jemmy.at Newgate knocker (n.) under Newgate, n.
Wild Tribes of London 65: Poor old Bill! we were great cronies once; nibbled him, though, in that affair of the stolen goods at Shadwell.at nibble, v.
Wild Tribes of London 58: The thief’s confederate, who, ‘gives the office,’ and tells where booty may be found.at give (someone) the office (v.) under office, n.
Wild Tribes of London 84: He padded the country lanes – and, my eye! didn’t the narvous old ladies shell out when Jack dropped the patter.at pad, v.1
Wild Tribes of London 84: He padded the country lanes – and, my eye! didn’t the narvous old ladies shell out when Jack dropped the patter.at patter, n.
Wild Tribes of London 86: I got a fit of the agy each time I cotched sight of a peeler, an’ wos always a fancying he’d got his ’and on my collar.at peeler, n.2
Wild Tribes of London 29: She used to work slops for old Melchizdek, the Jew; but when her mother was ill she popped the duds.at pop, v.2
Wild Tribes of London 65: There are thieves on all sides of us. They do the work, but who gets the pull? Why, the Jews.at pull, n.
Wild Tribes of London 85: Yes, there was a vurkus; I got relief there sometimes; skilligallee an’ ’ard words to help it down.at skillagalee, n.
Wild Tribes of London 103: Oh! that’s Tom Bradley – he’s just come from ‘over the water’ (It was in this delicate manner that ‘our friend’ alluded to Mr. Bradley’s absence [...] for the last seven years).at over the water under water, the, n.
Wild Tribes of London 83: I s’pose timber-toes will be a comin’ in soon, an’ one-arm Jack by the dozen. Ah! that’s a dodge I can vurk to perfection.at timber-toe, n.
Wild Tribes of London 16: There’s a young man as is summat in your line, writes and draws no end o’ things, is a reg’lar tip-topper, I can tell yer.at tip-topper, n.
Wild Tribes of London 104: Hilloh, Tom! what’s up, that you are obleeged to patch up your crab-shells? [...] Mr. Bradley [...] replies that ‘nuffin’s up’, but that times is bad.at what’s up?, phr.
Wild Tribes of London 50: When the fit took him he’d wallop into me like mad.at wallop, v.
Wild Tribes of London 83: I’ve worked the streets, man an’ boy, for nigh thirty year. The poor wictims don’t know wot’s a coming, so I shall work this dodge off and on and off through the spring.at work, v.
Wild Tribes of London 64: After a time, the family goes to the vurkus, an’ the duds, in course, comes to us.at workus, n.
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