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Confessions of Wavering Worthy 78: There are instances [...] pounced upon by some Muggins or Buggins of Beadledom, and, for want of friends at hand, certified in the usual form as dangerous lunatics.at buggins, n.
Confessions of Wavering Worthy 78: There are instances [...] pounced upon by some Muggins or Buggins of Beadledom, and, for want of friends at hand, certified in the usual form as dangerous lunatics. Confessions of Wavering Worthy 167: The bush-rangers [...] turned out only to be an elderly man and a youth, well-armed, who had recently adopted the trade.at bushranger (n.) under bush, n.1
Confessions of Wavering Worthy 171: We threaded our way, with peering and new-chummish curiosity.at new-chum, adj.
Confessions of Wavering Worthy 97: That theatrical, clap-trap, but still magnificent empire.at clap-trap, n.1
Confessions of Wavering Worthy 171: We were hailed as Joeys, and asked if we wanted a feather-bed, or a ‘sophy’.at joey, n.1
Confessions of Wavering Worthy 132: They addressed you as ‘Mate,’ or ‘Old Man,’ ‘Mister,’ or some other disrespectfully familiar epithet derived from your dress or person.at mister, n.
Confessions of Wavering Worthy 167: We looked forward to the unpleasant possibility of a ‘stick-up.’ We therefore separated thirty or forty yards, keeping the horse in the middle [...] by which means we made it impossible for equal numbers to take us by surprise, and cover us with revolver or carbine by one simultaneous movement.at stick-up, n.
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