1911 L. Stone Jonah 225: Cripes! he knew that fellow when he knocked about with the push.at knock about, v.1
1911 L. Stone Jonah 113: I say, Joe, that bonnet would suit the kid all to pieces.at all to pieces, adv.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 31: The rag-pickers daughter leaned forward, and inquired: ‘’Ow d’ye like yer eggs done?’ At this simple inquiry the drunkard stamped her foot with rage, calling on her enemy to prepare for instant death.at how do you like them apples?, phr.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 48: I niver lagged ’im; s’elp me Gawd, I niver put nobody away to the cops.at put away, v.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 38: At regular intervals Chook ‘went balmy’ over some girl or other.at balmy, adj.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 177: Ye’re barkin’ up the wrong tree [...]. My old man’s as ’ard as nails, but ’e don’t run after women.at bark up the wrong tree, v.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 25: But ’e woke up about twelve, an’ give me beans ’cause I’d let him sleep till the pubs was shut.at give someone beans (v.) under beans, n.2
1911 L. Stone Jonah 70: Wot price that fer a mouth-orgin, eh? Yer’d want a extra pair o’ bellows ter play that.at bellows, n.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 98: ‘Well, a tray bit won’t break me,’ said Chook, producing threepence from his pocket.at trey-bit, n.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 90: Rats an’ mice! [...] They’ve boned the paper ter make their nests.at bone, v.1
1911 L. Stone Jonah 43: ‘Garn!’ he cried at last [...] ‘yer needn’t poke borak.’.at poke (the) borak (v.) under borak, n.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 146: Not likely either, when the firm’s gone bung.at go bung (v.) under bung, adj.2
1911 L. Stone Jonah 218: The boxer cried out, ‘No one to leave for five minutes,’ following the custom when a big winner left the room to prevent a swarm of cadgers, lug-biters, and spielers begging a tram fare, a bed, a cup of coffee from the winner.at cadger, n.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 68: Chook remembered her as the red-haired girl whom he had chi-iked at the corner.at chi-ike, v.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 101: ’Ave a bit o’ common, an’ don’t make a ’oly show of yerself ’cause yer lost a dollar.at common, n.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 39: Marriage is all right fer them as don’t know better, but anyhow, it ain’t wot it’s cracked up ter be.at not all it’s cracked up to be under crack up, v.1
1911 L. Stone Jonah 225: Cripes! he knew that fellow when he knocked about with the push.at cripes!, excl.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 190: Yer niver ’ad no cause ter go crook on me.at go crook (on) (v.) under crook, adj.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 2: I remember old Joe Riley goin’ inter the stable one day to a brown mare as ’ad a derry on ’im, ’cause ’e flogged ’er crool.at have a derry on (v.) under derry, n.1
1911 L. Stone Jonah 68: Dickon ter you [...] yer needn’t think they’re got up to kill ter please yous.at dicken!, excl.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 45: W’y, y’ain’t goin’ ter turn dawg on me, Jonah, are yez?at turn dog (v.) under dog, n.2
1911 L. Stone Jonah 67: W’en I was your age, I used ter take ’arf a day ter doll meself up.at doll up, v.
1911 L. Stone Jonah 215: ‘A dollar ’eads! A dollar tails! ’Arf a dollar ’eads!’ roared the gamblers, making their bets. [Ibid.] 230: Wondering if the coin Jonah had pushed into his hand was a florin or a half-dollar.at half-dollar, n.1
1911 L. Stone Jonah 39: Don’t I remember the time ’e used ter ’awk a basket o’ fish on Fridays, an’ doss in the park?at doss, v.