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Sat. Rev. (London) 14 Apr. 475/2: That form of practical joking, which in the time of ‘The Spectator,’ was known as a bite [...] in the popular slang of the day, is designated ‘a sell’ [F&H].at bite, n.1
Sat. Rev. (London) 14 Apr. 475/2: That form of practical joking, which in the time of ‘The Spectator,’ was known as a bite [...] in the popular slang of the day, is designated ‘a sell’ [F&H]. Sat. Rev. (London) XIII 121: Jones of the 43rd, who got into that boggle in Armenia .at boggle, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) 17 June 727/1: A certain judge was in the habit of muzzing himself by plenteous libations .at muz, v.2
Sat. Rev. (London) 6 Jan. n.p.: Here the ingenious and industrious explorer constantly strikes ile, and of the very best quality [F&H].at strike oil (v.) under strike, v.
Sat. Rev. (London) 14 Mar. 340/1: The girl of the period has done away with such moral muffishness as [...] regard for counsel and rebuke .at muffish (adj.) under muff, n.2
Sat. Rev. (London) 9 Sept. n.p.: It is quite clear that some of the foreign working men have been got at [F&H].at get at, v.
Sat. Rev. (London) 798: A kindly host affects not to notice a valued guest, who... helps himself to an innocent backhander [F&H].at back-hander, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) Nov. 661: They [Brummagem buttons] were marvellously inexpensive, and being such ingenious imitations of the spade guineas and half-guineas then current that many Englishmen might have failed to detect the difference [...] [F&H].at Brummagem button (n.) under Brummagem, adj.
Sat. Rev. (London) Feb. 280: [With regard to words like ‘psithurism,’ ‘cheirognomy,’ ‘scintillating eyes,’ ‘the phaesimbrotous sun,’] perhaps they have become so accustomed to big talk that, etc [F&H].at big talk, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) 9 July 40 2: To bull-dose a negro in the Southern States means to flog him to death or nearly to death [F&H].at bulldose, v.
Sat. Rev. (London) 9 July 40/2: A Californian bull-doser is a pistol which carries a bullet heavy enough to destroy human life with certainty.at bulldoser, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) 10 Feb. 189: These Essays [...] are very talky-talky [F&H].at talky-talk, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) 25 Oct. 520: Monte Carlo sells a harmless diversion, on a par very much with ‘bumble puppy’ or domestic whist at shilling points .at bumble-puppy, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) 10 May 607: The Central News telegram, if it was milked at all, was milked throught the medium of Sir C.Wilson’s, etc [F&H].at milk, v.
Sat. Rev. (London) 8 Nov. 590/2: New York restaurant [...] ‘I don’t call this very popular pie’. They have come [...] to take popular quite gravely and sincerely as a synonym for good .at popular, adj.
Sat. Rev. (London) 26 Mar. in (1909) 10/1: It seems a pity that the Whitehall Review did not confine itself to saying, in the speech of ’Arrydom, ‘You’re another’ instead of appealing to a special jury.at you’re another!, excl.
Sat. Rev. (London) 26 Mar. in (1909) 10/1: It seems a pity that the Whitehall Review did not confine itself to saying, in the speech of ’Arrydom, ‘You’re another’ instead of appealing to a special jury.at ’Arrydom (n.) under ’Arry/’Arriet, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) 20 June 809/2: I will give him such a quilting as will cause him bitterly to remember the consequences .at quilting, n.
Sat. Rev. (London) No.1587 423: The public is a great bamboozable body [F&H].at bamboozlable (adj.) under bamboozle, v.
Sat. Rev. (London) 10 July 45/2: Mr. Beecher’s activity has not been altogether confined to what irreverent people call ‘the wood’ .at wood, n.1
Sat. Rev. (London) 14 May 700: We know how to make the ghost walk when biz is rumbo, and what it is that makes the company multicattivo [F&H].at multee kertever, adj.
Sat. Rev. (London) 14 May, 700: We know how to make the ghost walk when biz is rumbo, and what it is that makes the company multicattivo [F&H].at rumbo, adj.
Sat. Rev. (London) 30 June 786/2: They...burn their throats with the abominable ‘fag’, with its acrid paper and vile tobacco [EDD].at fag, n.3
Sat. Rev. (London) 22 Feb. 213/2: The constituency has alternately ‘gone’ Gladstonian and Tory .at go, v.
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Sat. Rev. Lit. (US) 18 July 978/2: Among the words and phrases common among racketeers, not yet in general use..there are the following: [...] on ice, in the penitentiary [OED].at on ice (adj.) under ice, n.1
Sat. Rev. Lit. (US) 8 July 16/2: Frederick was unconscious of the drama that had made page 1 of the morning paper [DA].at make, v.
Sat. Rev. Lit. (US) 3 Nov. 7: Dirty Gertie from Bizerte ... Filthy Fanny from Trapani.at dirty gertie (n.) under dirty, adj.
Sat. Rev. Lit. (US) 6 Oct. 8/2: His books started some Americans laughing at others and made it possible for people to realize that somebody else was a Main Streeter [DA].at Main Streeter, n.
Sat. Rev. Lit. (US) 25 Dec. 48: It is, in the words of bop hepsters, real crazy.at crazy, adj.
Sat. Rev. Lit. (US) 22 June 49/1: The ‘lumberjills,’ in gay plaid, represent a feminized form of the lumberjack.at lumber-Jill, n.
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