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[UK] cited in Partridge DU (1961).
at autem, n.
[UK] Minor Jockey Club in DU.
at box-irons (n.) under box, n.1
[UK] Sessions Papers Apr. 288 in DU.
at frisker, n.
[Scot] in D. Haggart Autobiog. in DU.
at give gammon (v.) under gammon, n.1
[UK] (ref. to 1730s) H.D. Miles Dick Turpin in Partridge DU (1949) 264/2: The rascally forty-pounders [...] a cant name for [police] officers; who received that reward with each ‘Tyburn ticket.’.
at forty-pounder (n.) under forty, adj.1
[UK] in G.M.W. Reynolds Mysteries of London in DU.
at chaunter upon the leer (n.) under chanter, n.
[UK] in C. Martel A Detective’s Notebook in Partridge DU.
at foul, adv.
[UK] Cornhill Mag. in DU (1968).
at backstall (n.) under back, adj.2
[UK] in Cornhill Mag. in DU (1968).
at ring, v.
[UK] cited in Partridge DU (1961) 653/2: snide lurk, the A variant of snide-pitching [...] 1893 [sic] F.W. Carew [...] implied in a criminal’s nickname: ‘Snide Lurk’.
at snide, n.
[UK] cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at lay-down, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at anchor, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. of the Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at apron, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at can, n.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at cannon, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at clicker, n.3
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at dead lurk, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at dead house (n.) under dead, adj.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at decker, n.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at dig, v.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at garnish, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at ghost, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at glistener, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at glue, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at grease, v.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at jigger, v.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at joker, n.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at joy boy (n.) under joy, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at jugger, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at klutz, n.
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