Green’s Dictionary of Slang
T.S. Surr Winter in London I 176: The best looking fellow I’ve seen in these parts: – country cut a little; but he’s something above the clodhoppers one sees about this place.at clodhopper, n.
T.S. Surr Winter in London II 109: Doxies were screaming for their sweethearts, and ’prentices roaring for their companions.at doxy, n.
T.S. Surr Winter in London III 230: How few of our fashionable skip-jacks who pride themselves on their courage [...] possess a spark of that spirit.at skip-jack, n.
T.S. Surr Winter in London III 171: Not I, poz, – not I.at pos, adj.1
T.S. Surr Winter in London III 203: It was reserved for [...] the present evening, to introduce a row, in the lowest sense of that vulgar word; and to add to the list of fashionable pastimes, the demolition of chandeliers [etc.].at row, n.1
T.S. Surr Winter in London III 162: What a great general your grace is! Two new carriages for the birth-day, and not a creature to know the fact till the very moment of their launch! That was a profound stroke.at stroke, n.2
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