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The Yellowplush Papers choose

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[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 260: Master kem up to his own room as yaller as mustard, and smellin sadly of backo-smoke.
at bacca, n.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 264: Don’t you be running your rigs upon me; I ain’t the man to be bamboozl’d by long-winded stories about dukes and duchesses.
at bamboozle, v.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 315: To use a commin igspreshn, the beaks were after him.
at beak, n.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 252: He went off to the hed tavern, and came home that evening beesly intawsicated.
at beastly, adv.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 242: I felt somethink (I think it was the tip of his toe) touching me behind.
at behind, n.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 333: Old birds, you know, not to be caught with chaff, like young ones.
at old bird, n.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers Works III (1898) 336: You were completely bitten, my boy – humbugged, bamboozled – ay, and by your old father, you dog.
at bite, v.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 295: Miss M. being what was called a blue [...] always made a point to speak on these grand subjects.
at blue, n.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 318: My master’s opera bone reglar once a week.
at bone, n.2
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers Works III (1898) 320: Jest as I came up to the door two of the bums jumped into the carridge.
at bum, n.2
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 364: Your no such chicking at play-writing, this being the forth.
at chicken, n.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) Intro: This sounds like claptrap, but I fear it will be true.
at clap-trap, n.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 283: Though master was a scoundrill and no mistake, he was a gentlemin, and a man of good breading; and miss came a little too strong (pardon the wulgarity of the xpression) with her hardor and attachmint.
at come it strong (v.) under come it, v.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 260: I recollect your ‘May-day in the morning’ – cuss me, the best comick song I ever heard.
at cuss, v.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 251: Altamont looked black as thunder, and growled out a word which I don’t like to name [...] it begins with a d and ends with a nation.
at damnation!, excl.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers Works III (1898) 253: How the d-dd – the deddy – deddy – devil – could he have seen me twice?
at how the devil...?, phr.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 321: Recklecting the sean betwixgst him and master, whom he wanted to diddil out of a thowsand lb.
at diddle, v.2
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers Works III (1898) 277: Fair Play asks us if we know of the gambling doings of the notorious Deuceace?
at doings, n.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers Works III (1898) 241: So, having nothink earthly to do, I happened to be listening on the stairs.
at no earthly under earthly, n.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 276: As you are now in high feather, can you, dearest Algernon! lend me five hundred pounds?
at in high feather under feather, n.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 242: She flung herself on a chair, and began to cry fit to bust.
at fit to bust under fit to..., phr.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 284: Before the Shevalier had finished smoothing his hat, staring at her, and sighing fit to bust his weskit.
at fit to bust under fit to..., phr.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 263: Deuceace’s flam about Prince Tallyram was puffickly successful.
at flam, n.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 317: He roat back the following letter to his father, as well as a flaming one to Miss.
at flaming, adj.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 282: Old fox! he didn’t say he had paid.
at fox, n.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 260: Not know him! [...] why, hang it, Blewitt! he knows you.
at hang it (all)! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers Works III (1898) 283: Miss was hooked for certain.
at hooked, adj.2
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 336: You were completely bitten, my boy – humbugged, bamboozled.
at humbug, v.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers Works III (1898) 244: ‘Law, miss,’ said I, ‘what shall I do?’.
at law!, excl.
[UK] Thackeray Yellowplush Papers in Works (1898) III 241: Only her poor father was kind to her; and he, poor old muff! his kindness was of no use.
at muff, n.2
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