Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 70: [spoken to a man] Take that and mind your manners, you filthy Jew boy! [Ibid.] 74: She has fallen off the chair in a fainting-fit, with a heart-breaking sob that made the Jew-boy, who was listening at the key-hole, turn quite pale and walk away.at Jew boy, n.
Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 61: I bought him, thinking that p’raps ladies and Cockney bucks might like to ride him.at buck, n.1
Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 73: I’m dashed if she ain’t taken the little French clock, too.at dash, v.1
Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 62: Dress quiet, sir: draw it mild.at draw it mild, v.
Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 87: Wine here, you waiter! What’s your name, you black nigger? ’Possum up a gum tree, eh?at possum, n.
Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 86: What an old stupid Roundtowers is!at stupid, n.
Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 94: He was [...] placed under the care of the Rev. Mr. Swishtail, at Turnham Green.at swish-tail, n.
Thackeray Ravenswing (1887) 83: The former liquor, under the name of ‘tape,’ used to be measured out pretty liberally.at tape, n.1
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