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Student 31 Jan. 285: The 16th chapter of the second book of that admirable Bum-brusher, Quintilian.at bum-brusher (n.) under bum, n.1
Student 31 Jan. 285: The 16th chapter of the second book of that admirable Bum-brusher, Quintilian. Student II 288: How were people of learning and good understanding hum’d out of their money and judgment .at hum, v.1
Student II n.p.: There is a word very much in vogue with the people of taste and fashion, which, though it has not even the ‘penumbra’ of a meaning, yet makes up the sum total of the wit, sense, and judgment of the aforesaid people of taste and fashion! [...] Humbug is neither an English word, nor a derivative from any other language. It is indeed a blackguard sound, made use of by most people of distinction! It is a fine make-weight in conversation, and some great men deceive themselves so egregiously as to think they mean something by it!at humbug, n.
Medical Student 92: I twisted its neck bang off.at bang off (adv.) under bang, adv.
Medical Student 102: They all began to barge the master at once; one saying ‘his coffee was all snuff and chickweed’.at barge, v.
Medical Student 91: Halloa, Muff! how are you, my bean.at bean, n.2
Medical Student 33: He ‘bilked the pike’ at Waterloo Bridge.at bilk, v.
Medical Student 7: It is absolutely necessary to preserve his health, and keep him from getting the collywobbles in his pandenoodles.at collywobbles, n.
Medical Student 80: He has passed the Hall! won’t he have a flare-up to-night!at flare-up, n.1
Medical Student 20: After the second glass of stout and a ‘go of whisky,’ he becomes emboldened. [Ibid.] 33: A pewter ‘go’ which, if everybody had their own, would in all probability belong to Mr. Green.at go, n.1
Medical Student 33: Poor Jones got jug’d by mistake, but eventually got off next morning with a five shilling fine.at jugged, adj.
Medical Student 84: Q were the Quacks, who cure stammer and squint.at quack, n.1
Medical Student 74: When you have stated any pathological fact—right or wrong— stick to it.at stick to, v.
Medical Student 47: He then takes a pinch of snuff, winks at the other pupils as much as to say, ‘See me tackle him, now.’.at tackle, v.
Medical Student 86: ‘Whiz-z-z-z-z-t!’ shouts Mr. Manhug.at whiz!, excl.
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