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Rookwood (1864) 192: We must have a nob-a-nob glass together, for old acquaintance sake [F&H].at nob-a-nob, adj.
Rookwood (1864) 192: We must have a nob-a-nob glass together, for old acquaintance sake [F&H]. (con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 173: Come bing avast, my merry pals.at bing a waste, v.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 168: The women were equally enchanted – equally eloquent in the expression of their admiration. [...] ‘What pins!’ said an autem mort, or married woman.at autem mort (n.) under autem, adj.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 206: ‘See ’em fairly spliced first,’ replied the Magus, [...] ‘A few minutes will settle that. Come, pals, to the autem ken.’.at autem, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 206: There’s that infernal autem-bawler.at autem-bawler (n.) under autem, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 167: My dice [...] are longs for odd and even, a bale of bar’d cinque deuces.at barred, adj.
(con. early 19C) Rookwood 179: Long after I’m done for — put to bed with a mattock and tucked up with a spade.at put to bed with a mattock (and tucked up with a spade) (adj.) under bed, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 310: I had rather not have given Conkey Jem a taste of blue plumb.at blue plum (n.) under blue, adj.1
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 259: [of boxing] Each cove vos teazed with double duty, / To please his backers, yet play booty.at play booty (v.) under booty, n.1
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) III v: We’ll have a jolly boose when all’s over.at booze, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 240: What is emphatically called ‘bottom’ was in favour of the rustics.at bottom, n.1
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 178: And thus was I bowled out at last.at bowl out (v.) under bowl, v.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 206: If you had done the job, Balty, it would not have signified a brass farden.at brass farthing (n.) under brass, adj.1
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 260: Écarté, whist, I never missed, / A nick the broads while ruffling.at broads, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 115: Don’t hurt that fat, mutton-headed Broganeer.at broganeer, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 256: The fellow [...] little thought I was a brother blade.at brother (of the) blade (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 184: If that’s a bowl of huckle-my-butt you are brewing, [...] you may send me a jorum at your convenience.at huckle-my-buff, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 258: Bold came each buffer to the scratch, / To make it look a tightish match.at buffer, n.4
(con. 1737–9) in Rookwood (1857).at bug over (v.) under bug, v.1
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 178: With my fawnied famms, and my onions gay, my thimble of ridge, and my driz (laced) kemesa.at camesa, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 163: All the shades and grades of the Canting Crew, were assembled.at canting crew, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 177: And my father, as I’ve heard say [...] Was a merchant of capers gay / Who cut his last fling with great applause.at caper, n.2
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 177: To the tune of a ‘hearty choke with caper sauce.’.at hearty choke (with caper sauce), n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 232: Here’s a pit-man, captain.at captain, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 275: When the chanter-culls and last speech scribblers get hold of me, they’ll [...] put no cursed nonsense into my mouth.at chaunter-cull (n.) under chanter, n.
Rookwood iii. v. (1878) 183: Doxies [...] and their coes.at co, n.1
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 231: One quid, two coach-wheels, half a bull, three hogs, and a kick.at coach-wheel, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 163: Dells, doxies, kinching morts, and their coes.at coe, n.
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 167: His purse and coffers would have been free from molestation, except ‘so far [...] as a cog or two of dice went’.at cog, n.1
(con. 1737–9) Rookwood (1857) 61: He was collared by two constable culls.at collar, v.
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