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N.Y. Transcript 24 Dec. 2/5: Escape. — A man named Henry Stage [...] contrived to make his escape on Saturday last while on his way from Bellevue prison to the city in the carriage generally known as ‘Black Maria’.at Black Maria, n.
N.Y. Transcript 24 Dec. 2/5: Escape. — A man named Henry Stage [...] contrived to make his escape on Saturday last while on his way from Bellevue prison to the city in the carriage generally known as ‘Black Maria’. N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2–3: M’Lean tapped Reed’s claret by a blow to his chin, which made his box of dominoes rattle.at box of dominoes (n.) under box of..., n.
N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2: Walking up to the ropes, he threw his castor into the round-about.at castor, n.
N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2–3: M’Lean tapped Reed’s claret by a blow to his chin, which made his box of dominoes rattle.at tap someone’s claret (v.) under claret, n.
N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2–3: M’Lean hit him heavily over his day-lights, and he fell.at daylights, n.
N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2–3: Reed decided the fate of the day [i.e. a prizefight result] by his game.at game, n.
N.Y. Transcript 25 Sept. 2/4: Prisoner: [...] he called me a hooker. Magistrate: What did you call her a hooker for? Witness: ’Cause she allers hangs around the hook, your honner.at hooker, n.3
N.Y. Transcript 5 Feb. 2/2: Prize Fighting. — We would not have our readers conclude, because we published an account of the milling match of a day before yesterday, that we approve of such sport; on the contrary .at milling, n.
N.Y. Transcript 23 Sept. 2/5: Mr. Richard Ramare [...] happened [...] to wend his way to the battery for the purpose of promenading its purlieus, he became the means of making a ‘muss’.at raise a muss (v.) under muss, n.
N.Y. Transcript 27 Oct. 2/5: I’m [...] pockets to let, used up to the stump, not got a stiver.at pockets to let (adj.) under pocket, n.
N.Y. Transcript 25 Sept. 2/5: Send me to quod and be cursed to you. I know the ropes, as well as the road there.at quod, n.
N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2–3: Walking up to the ropes, he threw his castor into the round-about.at roundabout, n.
N.Y. Transcript 16 Nov. 2/1: This ruse would not ‘sagaciate’.at sagaciate, v.
N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2–3: Reed let out his left lunge at the body, and received a smeller on the sneezer in exchange.at smeller, n.
N.Y. Transcript 4 Feb. 2/2–3: Reed let out his left lunge at the body, and received a smeller on the sneezer in exchange.at sneezer, n.1
N.Y. Transcript 27 Oct. 2/5: I’m [...] pockets to let, used up to the stump, not got a stiver.at stiver, n.
N.Y. Transcript 27 Oct. 2/5: I’m [...] pockets to let, used up to the stump, not got a stiver.at up to the stump under stump, n.
N.Y. Transcript 15 Feb. 2/4: She did not care a d—n if they had sent her up for forty-eleven years.at not give a damn, v.
N.Y. Transcript 15 Feb. 2/4: [Cornelia Latting, a young colored woman, sentenced to 2 years, 6 months; she tells the court] that she did not care a d—n if they had sent her up for forty-eleven years.at send up (v.) under send, v.
N.Y. Transcript 3 Feb. 2/3: Good morning, John. This is a stinger, any how.at stinger, n.
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