1954 R. Service ‘My Favoured Fare’ in Carols of an Old Codger 43: A fig for love and greenery, / Be mine a song of things to eat.at fig, a, n.
1954 R. Service ‘Intolerance’ in Carols of an Old Codger 45: I find the best of drinks to quaff / Is good old Adam’s ale.at Adam’s ale (n.) under Adam, n.
1954 R. Service ‘Immortality’ in Carols of an Old Codger 44: Down drops the curtain; / Another show is all my eye / And Betty Martin.at all my eye and Betty Martin, phr.
1954 R. Service ‘A Character’ Carols of an Old Codger 29: How often do I wish I were / What people call a character; / A ripe and cherubic old chappie.at chappie, n.
1954 R. Service ‘A Character’ in Carols of an Old Codger 29: How often do I wish I were / What people call a character; / A ripe and cherubic old chappie.at character, n.
1954 R. Service ‘The Macaronis’ in Carols of an Old Codger 42: I know beyond a doubt, / A hundred times I’d rather be / A Dago than a Kraut.at dago, n.
1954 R. Service ‘The Macaronis’ in Carols of an Old Codger 42: I know beyond a doubt, / A hundred times I’d rather be / A Dago than a Kraut.at kraut, n.
1954 R. Service ‘The Macaronis’ in Carols of an Old Codger 42: Italian people peaceful are.at macaroni, n.1
1954 R. Service ‘Violet de Vere’ in Carols of an Old Codger 55: ‘There’s twenty plunks to pay my fine, – but now I come to think: / Judge, darlin’ you’ve been owin’ me five bucks for near a year: / Take fifteen, – there! We’ll call it square,’ said Violet de Vere.at plunk, n.
1954 R. Service ‘Violet de Vere’ in Carols of an Old Codger 54: She was hauled before the Bench for breachin’ of the peace, / Which signifies araisin’ Cain, an’ beatin’ up the police.at raise Cain (v.) under raise, v.
1954 R. Service ‘No Sunday Chicken’ Carols of an Old Codger 134: Some monster of an auctioneer / Might sell his sticks and clothes.at stick, n.
1954 R. Service ‘Tom’ in Carols of an Old Codger 121: Such guts for learning had the lad; / He took to Greek like babe to titty.at titty, n.