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Adventures of Wops the Waif choose

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[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 4/2: Wops, who was ‘getting a new tog-out,’ [...] knew too much to be taken in by the blarney of the old Jew.
at blarney, n.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: Just yer try it on, yer carrotty-headed billy goat.
at carrot-headed (adj.) under carrot, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 9/1: ’Case yer’d lost yer bloomin’ chivie (knife) and couldn’t cut it.
at chiv, n.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 3/1: Oh, crikee, how he did cave in, hup in that ’ere corner, to be sure.
at crikey!, excl.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/1: We sticks by our pals, don’t we, cullys?
at cully, n.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 9/2: As soon as ever I sees the coast clear, I shall cut my lucky.
at cut one’s lucky (v.) under cut, v.2
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 8/2: I’ve ‘dabbed’ out myself and made myself as clean as I can.
at dab out (v.) under dab, v.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: I shan’t want my diggins (apartments) no longer, so yer can put up a card ‘to let’.
at diggings, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 10/1: It’s lucky that little grub kept her eyes open.
at grub, n.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: For two pins I’d give yer a jolly good hiding.
at hiding, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 13/1: ‘What did you do to bring yourself here?’ ‘Slung my bloomin’ hook from the “Placable,” sir.’.
at sling one’s hook, v.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: Why, I’d knock yer into the middle of next week, in about two twos.
at knock into the middle of next week (v.) under knock into, v.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: He has got me down to my last stiver, without a blessed jiff of ’ope in me.
at jiffy, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 7/1: He given us the price of a pint-and-a-half, that’s a Joey.
at joey, n.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 6/1: Lots of coves gets into the Navy with papers signed that road; they does, upon my sivy.
at upon my sivvy!, excl.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 1/2: And a-slides along from ‘shampain’ to brandy, and from that to old tom.
at old tom, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: Git outside your scran as quick as yer knows how.
at get outside (of) (v.) under outside, adv.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 9/2: D’yer savy, cullry?
at savvy, v.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: Git outside your scran as quick as yer knows how.
at scran, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 5/2: Well, young shaver, what do you want?
at shaver, n.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 4/2: Who’s yer tryin’ to soap over, old Sholomon Soft-soap?
at soap over (v.) under soap, v.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif iv n.p.: [...] spot and scalder (which being interpreted, meant cake and tea) [F&H].
at spot, n.3
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 7/2: If I spent all my Joey on swipes, I don’t think ’twould make me tight.
at swipes, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 3/1: That’s jist the very ticket, that’s jist what I’ll do.
at that’s the ticket! (excl.) under ticket, n.1
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 4/2: Wops, who was ‘getting a new tog-out.’.
at tog-up, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/1: He was spinning us a twister one day out o’ the Bible.
at twister, n.
[UK] S. Watson Wops the Waif 2/2: Why, I’d knock yer into the middle of next week, in about two twos.
at two twos under two, adj.
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