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Recollections of Buffalo 1830–40 169: It was common, particularly in New England, to call a sixpence or half a dime, a fip.at fip, n.
Recollections of Buffalo 1830–40 169: It was common, particularly in New England, to call a sixpence or half a dime, a fip. Recollections of Buffalo 1830–40 354: A kind of goods were manufactured [...] for men’s clothing, adapted for and called ‘Hard Times,’ a mixed cloth, of black and white or grey and black, spun and woven of coarse, loose thread, presenting the appearance of heavy wool mixtures, which was really nothing but a sort of cotton shoddy, and sold for twenty-five cents per yard.at hard times (n.) under hard, adj.
Recollections of Buffalo 1830-40 368: These young swells scorned the waiting for the afterpiece, or farce, as vulgar; only the thing for ‘hayseeders’ or common people to do.at hayseed, n.
Recollections of Buffalo 1830-40 169: In the Southwestern states along the Mississippi a shilling was called a levy.at levy, n.
Recollections of Buffalo 1830-40 30: [Dickens wore] long hair and earlocks which were then denominated as ‘soap-locks,’ but deemed vulgar, except for the dudes and ‘Bowery boys’ of those days.at soap lock, n.
Recollections of Buffalo 1830-40 293: There was an esprit de corps of reliability and honor in their practice; excluding such characters as are known as ‘Shysters,’ ‘Tombs Lawyers,’ ‘Trimmers,’ and lawyers guilty of ‘sharp practice.’.at trimmer, n.1
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