1840 Thackeray Paris Sketch Book I 53: ‘Pogson is a commercial traveller.’ [...] ‘A bagman, sir! and what right has a bagman to gamble!’.at bagman, n.
1840 Thackeray Paris Sketch Book I 143: Well, Marlborough was no chicken when he began to show his genius.at no chicken under chicken, n.
1840 Thackeray Paris Sketch Book I 23: The Hotel de Lille, which may be described as a ‘second chop’ Meurice.at first chop, adj.
1840 Thackeray Paris Sketch Book I 113: I say, that when Raphael painted this picture, two years before his death, the spirit of painting had gone out of him [...] it was time he should die!! There — the murder is out!at murder, n.
1840 Thackeray Paris Sketch Book I 34: ‘Ma’am,’ says I, ‘will you take a glass of Sham—just one?’.at sham, n.2