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Don Juan in London II 86: My conscience again took alarm on seeing an old lady fall down in a fit after drinking a glass of ‘Thunder and Lightning’, called by common-place people ‘Gin and Bitters.’.at thunder and lightning, n.
Don Juan in London II 86: My conscience again took alarm on seeing an old lady fall down in a fit after drinking a glass of ‘Thunder and Lightning’, called by common-place people ‘Gin and Bitters.’. Don Juan in London II 82: A Barker, Sir, stands at the door and inveigles the passengers into the shop, by his cries of ‘Walk in, gentlemen, the sale’s on’.at barker, n.1
Don Juan in London II 403: Bowled out, means sentenced.at bowl out (v.) under bowl, v.
Don Juan in London II 406: He braces up – but I forgot you’re not initiated – he receives stolen goods.at brace up, v.
Don Juan in London II 221: The friends of the chanceried gentleman then cried ‘Enough’.at in chancery under chancery, n.
Don Juan in London II 53: This ingenious youth he soon found was coming over his dear papa for a loan; pleading bad debts.at come over, v.1
Don Juan in London II 404: Lagged means transported; crapped hanged.at crapped, adj.
Don Juan in London II 236: Two [songs] were particularly well received, viz. Bang up Yard-spinners [...] and Bad luck to Cuffin Queers.at cuffin-queer (n.) under cuffin, n.
Don Juan in London II 221: It was of no use to try to tip him the queer– he was down to their gammon.at down, v.1
Don Juan in London II 408: One lived the ring-dropping, the other was a duffer.at ring dropping, n.
Don Juan in London II 240: You will see a specimen of two more of our grades, the Ring Dropper and the Money Dropper, one in a velveteen jacket, the other in corduroy.at ring faller, n.
Don Juan in London II 404: His proficiency was rewards by styling him a nypper and a foyster: the former term signifying a pick-purse or cut-purse, and the latter a pick-pocket.at foister, n.
Don Juan in London II 403: A thimble is a watch; a haddock is a purse.at haddock, n.
Don Juan in London II 221: He planted a misty caster under the right listener of his man, which [...] settled his hash.at settle the hash (v.) under hash, n.1
Don Juan in London II 17: Keep at a distance, or I shall take you for a plough-boy in girl’s clothes – Hottentot!at Hottentot, n.
Don Juan in London II 257: That fellow in the ragged breeches, with his hair matted like a Hottentot.at Hottentot, n.
Don Juan in London II 25: Some of the combatants were ‘floored’ – others looked as if a Knight of the Knuckle had made the claret spin from their day-lights.at knight, n.
Don Juan in London II 175: He directly afterwards took to collecting money, by what thieves term the Letter Racket.at letter-racket (n.) under letter, n.
Don Juan in London II 404: His proficiency was rewards by styling him a nypper and a foyster: the former term signifying a pick-purse or cut-purse, and the latter a pick-pocket.at nipper, n.1
Don Juan in London II 221: The friends of the chanceried gentleman then cried ‘Enough’; but the pepperer did not seem to think so.at pepper, n.
Don Juan in London II 403: Prigging, diving, dummy-hunting, peter-hunting. These are various branches of the same art.at peter-hunting (n.) under peter, n.3
Don Juan in London II 404: Lagged means transported; [...] the puzzling-sticks, the cart’s tail, or whipping post.at puzzling sticks, n.
Don Juan in London II 406: That Jew is a dealer in base coin. [...] Regular markets in various public and private houses are kept by the principal agents, who receive the white and yellow queer, as it is called.at queer, n.
Don Juan in London II 209: In the early part of the evening, the news, scan. mag., and small-talk [...] are detailed and discussed.at scanmag, n.
Don Juan in London II 422: I pertest this is wery indecent in a scrowged room like this here.at scrouged, adj.
Don Juan in London II 176: He was ‘sold’ to the Police Officers by one of his own profession.at sell, v.
Don Juan in London II 16: Where’s pa, and Unky Square-toes, and sister Prue?at square toes (n.) under square, adj.
Don Juan in London II 403: A thimble is a watch; a haddock is a purse.at thimble, n.
Don Juan in London II 406: That Jew is a dealer in base coin. [...] Regular markets in various public and private houses are kept by the principal agents, who receive the white and yellow queer, as it is called.at yellow, adj.
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