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[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] R. Service ‘The Macaronis’ in Carols of an Old Codger 42: Italian people peaceful are.
at macaroni, n.1
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
[Can] 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.
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