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Eng. Spy I 271: The mark for every Leg and Greek, / Who play the concave suit [note] Cards cut in a peculiar manner, to enable the Leg to fleece his Pigeon securely.at concaves and convexes, n.
Eng. Spy I 271: The mark for every Leg and Greek, / Who play the concave suit [note] Cards cut in a peculiar manner, to enable the Leg to fleece his Pigeon securely. Eng. Spy I 255: The town raff and the bargees – well blunted or silver cramped.at bargee, n.
Eng. Spy I 32: He was not thought small beer of.at think small beer of (v.) under small beer, n.
Eng. Spy I 178: Well, blister the mare, Dick!at blister, v.
Eng. Spy I 173: If you are not pretty well blunted, the first start will try your wind. [note Blunted – London slang for plenty of money].at blunted, adj.
Eng. Spy I 284: If you don’t doff your knowledge bag and come to the door, we’ll mill all your glaze.at knowledge box, n.
Eng. Spy I 178: There’s half a bull for your trouble.at half-a-bull (n.) under bull, n.3
Eng. Spy I 129: I’ll bet a bullfinch that you know the place well enough.at bullfinch, n.
Eng. Spy I 215: But Sunday sets the pris’ner free, / He shows in Park, and laughs with glee / At creditors and Bum.at bum, n.2
Eng. Spy II 217: May I be bolted into old Belzy’s caboose if she be a copper fastening the better for Jem Buntline!at caboose, n.
Eng. Spy I 199–200: [...] he’ll laugh, Chant up a prad, or quaintly chaff To keep life’s pleasant farce on [F&H].at chant, v.
Eng. Spy I 208: The servant was a confederate, and the whole affair nothing more than a true orthodox farce of horse-chaunting got up for the express purpose of raising a temporary supply .at chanting, n.
Eng. Spy I 202: Sir – , the chicken man, / With pimp -a-t in the van, / The Spy of an old Spy; / Who beat up for recruits in town, / ’Mong little girls, in chequer’d gown, / Of ages rather shy. [note] The redoubtable general’s penchant for little girls has obtained him the tender appellation of the chicken man.at chicken man (n.) under chicken, n.
Eng. Spy I 81: Rum college slang he patters o’er, / With cads who chouse the guilder.at chouse, v.
Eng. Spy I 241: A regular plant was to be made, by some of his myrmidions, to clear me out, by first letting me win a few thousands, when they were to pounce upon me, double the stakes, and finish me off.at clear out, v.
Eng. Spy I 134: A mere clod, but a great man with the corporation.at clod, n.1
Eng. Spy I 215: The Sunday men [...] are not now so numerous as formerly: the facility of a trip across the Channel enables many a shy cock to evade the scrutinizing eye [...] of the law.at shy-cock, n.
Eng. Spy I 185: Of Cockney Land, its breadth and length, / Houses, inhabitants, and strength.at Cockneyland (n.) under Cockney, adj.
Eng. Spy I 272: On gain he’s now intent, / To deal a flush or cog a die.at cog, v.
Eng. Spy I 86: But if you want to splash along / In glory with a ginger, / Or in a Stanhope come it strong.at come it strong (v.) under come it, v.1
Eng. Spy I 178: What coming Tip-street over us, hey, Dick?at come over, v.2
Eng. Spy I 30: We were soon the most inseparable cons.at con, n.1
Eng. Spy I 392: In would roll three or four jolly fellows, claret-cosey, and in three minutes put it all into uproar again.at cosy, adj.
Eng. Spy I 131: ‘Cot’s flesh!’ cries Morgan, ‘cease your mockings.’.at cotso!, excl.
Eng. Spy I 179: What coming crabb over us, old fellow, hey? Very well, I shall bolt and try Randall.at crabs, n.1
Eng. Spy I 159: Most of the party were a little cut.at cut, adj.1
Eng. Spy I 365: Having cut college for a bolt to the village.at cut, v.4
Eng. Spy I 204: A pensioner of Cyprian queen, / The Bond-street tailor here is seen. [Ibid.] 233: The Royal Saloon, in Piccadilly, a place of fashionable resort (said Bob) for shell-fish and sharks, Greeks and pigeons, Cyprians and citizens, noble and ignoble.at Cyprian, n.
Eng. Spy I 190: For cabriolets she’s the dame, / A dasher, on my life.at dasher, n.
Eng. Spy I 151: I could perceive the wine bin, surrounded by a regiment of dead men.at dead man, n.
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