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[US] ‘Bubble and Squeak’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 31: And from that day to this, beef and cabbage together, / Have always been called bubble and squeak.
at bubble and squeak, n.1
[US] ‘Mistakes of a Day’s Gunning’ in Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 20: Told ’em lots of lies ’bout bagging lots of pheasants.
at bag, v.
[US] ‘Tricks of Tradesmen’ in Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 50: Taps you plenty of chalk in your score – what a bilk.
at bilk, n.
[US] ‘Mickey Magee’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 59: A bog-trotter won Mickey Mulvaney.
at bogtrotter (n.) under bog, n.3
[US] ‘Scolding Wife’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 45: Oh, cracky! oh dear.
at cracky!, excl.
[US] ‘Scolding Wife’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 45: Says she, ‘you must father these two little dears,’ / But says I, ‘I’ll be damned if I do’.
at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
[US] ‘Mistakes of a Day’s Gunning’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 18: I had it piping hot from a cockney’s memorandum.
at hot, adj.
[US] ‘Two Sweethearts’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 23: I tried all in vain my hot feelings to smother.
at hot, adj.
[US] ‘Bubble and Squeak’ in Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 31: And a betterer maker of stout inexpressibles, / Never put finger and thumb into shears.
at inexpressibles, n.
[US] ‘Times and Fashion’ in Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 3: With narrow-bottomed pants and short tailed coats, / And hair on their chins like a parcel of goats.
at parcel, n.
[US] ‘Not Such a Fool’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 59: And now that I’m single again, / And what’s more, got plenty of pelf.
at pelf, n.
[US] ‘Humphrey Dickens’ in Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 13: What an excellent ‘Richard,’ I’d make.
at Richard, n.
[US] ‘It’s Really Quite Insulting’ in Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 33: My mother took me by the nose, / Says she – ‘you shrimp, just hark ye.’.
at shrimp, n.
[US] ‘Root Hog or Die’ Bob Smith’s Clown Song and Joke Bk 37: My wife to me did say / ‘Dear Bob, try if you can keep all straight to-day, / Don’t go drinkin’ nasty liquor or into your head ’twill fly’.
at straight, adj.2
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