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[UK] R. Harvey Plaine Percivall in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues VI (1902) 35/2: A quarrel, by the highway side, between a brace of Saint Nicholas Clargie men .
at St Nicholas’s clergyman, n.
[UK] Florio Worlde of Wordes in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues V 158/1: Gergare, to speak fustian, pedlers french, or rogue language.
at pedlar’s French, n.
[UK] T. Fuller Andronicus in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I 142/2: Often the cockloft is empty, in those whom nature hath built many stories high.
at cockloft, n.
[UK] H. Hammond On Psalms in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890–1904) 3/1: Invaders and abactors, whose breaking in...is attended with the cattels passing through or going out .
at abactor, n.
[UK] R. L’Estrange in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues (1890–1904) IV 168/1: Women are so leaky that I have hardly met with one that could not hold her breath longer than she could keep a secret .
at leaky, adj.
[UK] R. L’Estrange cited in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues VI 254/2: The sick husband here wanted for neither slops nor doctors.
at slop, n.1
[UK] ‘Crab-Tree’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues IV (1890–1904) 269/1: The Muff between her Haunches, Resembl’d much a Mag-Pye’s Nest Between two lofty Branches.
at bird’s nest, n.1
[UK] Rev. J. Glanvil Sadducismus Triumphatus [Under the head of ‘The Demon of Tedworth’] in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890–1904) 244/2: Glanvil makes mention that on one occasion the spirit came into a room panting like a dog, and company coming up, the room was presently filled with a blooming noisome smell .
at blooming, adj.1
[UK] Annual Register [abridged] in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890–1904) 3/1: One of the tricks of the abacters of old Smithfield was the driving of a bullock into a jeweller’s or other shop, and during the confusion the abacter’s confederates would help themselves to any valuables handy...one shop was so served three times in the year .
at abactor, n.
[UK] Punch’s Almanack in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues II (1890–1904) 3/2: The cigar dealers, objecting to their lands being cribbed, have made us pay for the cabbage ever since .
at cabbage, n.2
[UK] Punch’s Almanack in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues II (1890–1904) 100/1: The Swell Mobsman’s Almanack. [...] The vite chokers may be fingured on their way ’ome as they mostly brings hoff a pocketful .
at choker, n.1
[UK] Punch’s Almanack in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues IV (1890–1904) 160/1: To dream of soap betokens a combat in which you may expect to get lathered.
at lather, v.
[UK] ‘Bates’ Farm’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890) 141/2: I’m up to every little fake, / But in me there’s no harm, / For it was this blooming morning / That I left Old Bates’ Farm.
at Bate’s Farm, n.
[UK] ‘Bates’ Farm’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890) 141/2: I’m up to every little fake, / But in me there’s no harm, / For it was this blooming morning / That I left Old Bates’ Farm.
at blooming, adj.1
[UK] ‘Bates’ Farm’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890) 142/1: I mean to crack a crib to-night, but pals don’t ‘crack on me’.
at crack on, v.2
[UK] ‘Bates’ Farm’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890) 142/1: And for a little pastime work / The everlasting stairs.
at everlasting staircase (n.) under everlasting, adj.
[UK] ‘Bates’ Farm’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890) 141/2: I’m up to every little fake, / But in me there’s no harm.
at fake, n.1
[UK] ‘Bates’ Farm’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues I (1890) 142/1: Then here’s success my knowing kids.
at kid, n.1
[UK] in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues (1890–1904) II 35: Captain Armstrong is again abroad, muscular and powerful, riding his favorite hobby in the steeple-chase field, pre-paring thus early in the season for pulling, stopping, and putting the strings on..
at armstrong, adj.
[UK] newspaper cutting in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues IV (1890–1904) 286/1: To the Yankee I’m partial, and those who see far shall, Impounding each Marshall, so smooth and so crisp .
at marshall, n.
[UK] M. Davitt Leaves from a Prison Diary in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues VII 263/1: Most of these pseudo-aristocratic impostors had succeeded in gaining admission to the stocking-knitting party, which, in consequence, became known among the rest of the prisoners as the ‘upper ten push.’ .
at upper ten push (n.) under upper ten, adj.
[UK] G.R. Sims ‘Moll Jarvis’ in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues II 59/2: Queer cattle is women to deal with? Lord bless ye, yer honour, they are!
at cattle, n.
[UK] Sporting Life 15 Dec. in Farmer & Henley Slang and Its Analogues III 227/1: Preferred to be easily knocked out to taking his gruel like a man.
at take one’s gruel (v.) under gruel, n.
[UK] ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ Squatters’ Dream in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues VII 884/1: I wonder what old Morgan would say to all this here tiddley-winkin’ with steam engine, and wire fences.
at tiddleywink, v.
[UK] Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
at marked with a T, phr.
[UK] Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
at cock (a Broseley), v.2
[UK] Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
at jig-a-jig, n.
[UK] Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
at short of a sheet, phr.
[UK] Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
at jig-a-jig, v.
[UK] Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
at slick-a-dee, n.
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