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in Living London (1883) Mar. 97: Mr. Porter ‘acknowledges the corn’ as regards his fourteen days’ imprisonment, and is forgiven by his loving consort.at acknowledge the corn, v.
in Living London (1883) Mar. 97: Mr. Porter ‘acknowledges the corn’ as regards his fourteen days’ imprisonment, and is forgiven by his loving consort. in Living London (1883) Nov. 509: A select coterie of young dandies attired in ‘Prince Albert trousers.’ What on earth are Prince Albert trousers?at Prince Alberts, n.
in Living London (1883) June 222: We do not name a Derby ‘crack’ [...] or a new orchid after Tom, Dick or Harry.at Tom, Dick and Harry, n.
in Living London (1883) July 275: See also the proverbial allusions, ‘as queer as Dick’s hatband,’ ‘as tight as Dick’s hatband,’ and ‘Dick’s hatband which was made of sand’ – all contemptuously indicative of the incapacity of Richard’s head to wear that remarkably heavy coiffure called a crown.at ...Dick’s hatband under queer as..., adj.
in Living London (1883) Apr. 150: A ‘beat’ is a beggar; ‘to strike’ is to importune.at beat, n.3
in Living London (1883) Nov. 528: ‘Pot’ hats, ‘wide-awakes,’ and ‘billycocks’ were the almost universal wear among men.at billycock, n.
in Living London (1883) Oct. 462: ‘Oh, little dog Diamond! [...] what have you done?’ Sir Isaac Newton is said to have said when his faithful but careless ‘bow-wow’ overturned a lighted taper.at bow-wow, n.
in Living London (1883) Jan. 17: The ineffable humbug Digby Grant, disestablished, disendowed, and thoroughly ‘bowled out’.at bowl out (v.) under bowl, v.
in Living London (1883) June 244: I went to ‘Brummagem’ for a special purpose.at Brummagem, n.
in Living London (1883) Mar. 113: Mr. Bunny is, to use a Scotticism, ‘sair owerhanded,’ not by a ‘bubbly jock,’ but by his wife’s aunt.at bubbly jock, n.
in Living London (1883) Mar. 77: [orig. in the San Francisco News Letter] My love fell out of a tree, / And busted herself on a cruel rock; / A solemn sight to see.at bust, v.1
in Living London (1883) Apr. 140: There seems to be one term for a place of incarceration which would seem to be wholly obsolete. That is ‘round house.’ Are there any ‘cages’ left in the country?at cage, n.
in Living London (1883) Nov. 521: They impart the element of relaxation into every one of their social observances, from [...] ‘surprise parties’ to ‘hotel hops’ and ‘calico balls’.at calico ball (n.) under calico, adj.
in Living London (1883) Jan. 12: ‘Bunched high at the back’ is ‘quite too utterly inelegant. The proper term is ‘camelled up’ [...] a ‘camel’ was what in England used to be called, I think, a ‘dress improver’.at camel, n.
in Living London (1883) Oct. 458: The gallery, at first disposed to be somewhat derisive, speedily toned down, and those who came to ‘chaff’ remained to applaud.at chaff, v.
in Living London (1883) June 242: The attributes of ‘Coster Joe’ and ‘Chickaleary Cove’.at chickaleary, adj.
in Living London (1883) Nov. 521: They impart the element of relaxation into every one of their social observances, from ‘clam-bakes’ to ‘church oyster stews’.at clambake, n.
in Living London (1883) Apr. 140: What we call a lock-up, or police station [...] the oldest inhabitants at Exmouth call a ‘Clink’.at clink, n.1
(ref. 16C) in Living London (1883) Apr. 140: Centuries ago there was in Southwark a prison known as the Borough ‘Clink’.at clink, n.1
in Living London (1883) Jan. 33: His name is enshrined in one of the very earliest of the so-called ‘nigger’ ditties – a song called Zip Coon, which is nearly contemporary with Jim Crow.at zip coon, n.
in Living London (1883) Mar. 115: To the American Civil War the Lingua Balatronica owes the revival, if not the invention, of [...] ‘copperhead’.at copperhead, n.
in Living London (1883) Mar. 80: He is known only as a comedian of rare and precious qualities [...] moving us now to mirth in The Upper Crust, and now to tears in Uncle Dick’s Darling.at upper crust, n.
in Living London (1883) Mar. 83: You mean the old cuss yonder.at cuss, n.1
in Living London (1883) Aug. 339: George Maitland, a stockbroker in difficulties [...] the ‘lame duck’ of Capel Court.at lame duck, n.1
in Living London (1883) Sept. 383: No more of [...] ‘humpty-dumpty,’ ‘topsy-turvey,’ ‘harum-scarum,’ ‘hodge-podge,’ ‘higgledy-piggledy,’ or ‘rusty-fusty.’ That way madness lies.at humpty-dumpty, adj.
in Living London (1883) Mar. 87: His corduroy ‘kicksies,’ with the ‘artful fakement’ at the bottom, are in strictest accordance with the aesthetic traditions of the ‘Cut’.at fakement, n.
in Living London (1883) Jan. 28: ‘Pug’ makes so many blunders, that at length his Gloomy Chief loses all patience with the ‘lubber fiend’.at fiend, n.
in Living London (1883) May 181: He is not precisely a scamp; but he is certainly a ‘loose fish’.at loose fish (n.) under fish, n.1
in Living London (1883) Nov. 498: Behold that master of the grotesque encased in the well-known green coat, white hat, striped galligaskins, and hessian boots.at galligaskins, n.
in Living London (1883) Jan. 27: There were schools upon schools galore at ‘the Garden’ that Thursday afternoon.at Garden, the, n.
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