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[UK] G.R. Sims Horrible London 140: Mother drinks ‘awful.’ Dropped baby on pavement.
at awful, adv.
[UK] G.R. Sims Horrible London 148: The lodgers divide their food frequently, and a man seeing a neighbour without anything will hand him his teapot, and say, ‘Here you are, mate; here’s a bull for you.’ A ‘bull’ is a teapot with the leaves left in for a second brew.
at bull, n.4
[UK] G.R. Sims Horrible London 126: Watercress and flower girls, cheapjacks, street stall-keepers of all sorts and conditions.
at cheap john, n.1
[UK] G.R. Sims Horrible London 139: These people have all been forced back on a rookery through drink.
at rookery, n.
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