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Gentleman of Leisure (2003) 20: Thash — thash not point. It’s principle of thing. Have thish thing square and ’bove board, I say.at above board, adj.
Gentleman of Leisure (2003) 20: Thash — thash not point. It’s principle of thing. Have thish thing square and ’bove board, I say. Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xiii: Look at me. Gittin’ busy all de year round, woikin’ to beat de band—.at to beat the band (adv.) under band, n.2
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xv: ‘Rehearsal after lunch. Don’t be late.’ And he was off to beat up the rest of the company.at beat up, v.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. ix: It beats me [...] What do you want to leg it about the world like that for? What’s the trouble?at beats me! (excl.) under beat, v.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxvii: My advice, if asked, would be to unbelt before the shooting begins.at unbelt (v.) under belt, n.
Gentleman of Leisure 117: ‘Dis is a boid of a dude suit,’ observed Spike [...] ‘Glad you like it, Spike. Rather chic, I think.’.at bird, n.1
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxi: You bone-headed bachelors make me sick.at boneheaded, adj.
Gentleman of Leisure (2008) 45: Dis is where a widder-lady lives all alone, an’ has got silver mugs and t’ings to boin.at to burn (adv.) under burn, v.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xviii: But he ain’t no vally. He’s come to see no one don’t get busy wit’ de jools.at get busy (v.) under busy, adj.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxv: I don’t blame a chappie for doing the gentleman burglar touch.at chappie, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxii: But dose was little, dinky t’ings. Of course, youse wouldn’t stand fer swipin’ chicken-feed like dem.at chickenfeed, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. i: He had expounded his views nightly to his brother Strollers, preaching the delicacy and difficulty of cracking a crib till his audience had rebelled.at crack a crib (v.) under crib, n.1
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. v: Sure, you’re de guy dat’s onto all de curves.at get on to the curves (v.) under curve, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. ix: I want to marry one girl, and my uncle’s dead set on my marrying another.at dead set on (adj.) under dead set, adj.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. i: I should say he had put more deadbeats on their legs again than half the men in New York put together.at deadbeat, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxiii: ‘Something h’up,’ he said to his immortal soul, as he moved upstairs. ‘Been a fair old, rare old row, seems to me!’.at fair, adj.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xvii: Lord Dreever belonged to the class of billiard-players to whom a double-figure break is a thing to be noted and greeted with respect. ‘Fluky,’ muttered the silent Hargate.at fluky, adj.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xx: ‘But, by gad!’ mused his lordship; ‘if I had as much as a couple – yes, dash it, even a couple of thousand a year, I’d chance it.’.at gad, n.1
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xx: ‘Will it?’ he cried, pink to the ears. ‘Will it, by George?’.at by George! (excl.) under George, n.2
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. iii: He discovered that El Dorado was no mere poet’s dream, and that Tom Tiddler’s Ground, where one might stand picking up gold and silver, was as definite a locality as Brooklyn or the Bronx.at Tom Tiddler’s ground, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxvii: Here have I been all these years letting you give me Hades in every shape and form, when all the while —.at Hades, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xvii: ‘Do you make much at this sort of game?’ he asked. [...] ‘Pots,’ he said, with some enthusiasm. ‘Pots. I tell you, if you’ll stand in—’.at stand in, v.1
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxii: An’ den I hears a click. An’ I know what dat is. It’s one of de gazebos has put de irons on de odder gazebo.at irons, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxii: De boss ain’t got no time to be gittin’ after dem himself. He’s too busy dese days wit’ jollyin’ along de swells.at jolly, v.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxii: I’m goin’ to try an’ get busy before he can see who I am [...] an’ jolt him one on de point of de jaw.at jolt, v.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. ix: It beats me [...] What do you want to leg it about the world like that for? What’s the trouble?at leg it (v.) under leg, v.1
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. i: He’ll sand-bag you, and lift your watch as soon as look at you.at lift, v.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xi: De old mug what showed me round give me de frozen face when I come in foist.at frozen mitt (n.) under mitt, n.
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xvii: ‘That’s the worst of it,’ he admitted, ‘the having to seem a mug at the game.’.at mug, n.1
Gentleman of Leisure Ch. xxi: I ain’t got no use fer goils. It’s a mutt’s game.at mutt’s game (n.) under mutt, n.
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