1827 R.B. Peake Comfortable Lodgings I i: Play the devil’s tattoo with your stick, like a selfish old crab you are.at devil’s tattoo (n.) under devil, n.
1827 R.B. Peake Comfortable Lodgings I i: Some poppy concoction – no, no! – I’ll not touch your narcotic.at poppy, n.1
1827 R.B. Peake Comfortable Lodgings I ii: So, at last at Paris; and I’ll be bound I’m the greatest rip in it.at rip, n.1