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in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) I 127: I say, shun the knowing ones, and abstain from hazard.at knowing, adj.
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) I 127: I say, shun the knowing ones, and abstain from hazard.
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) I 244: I believe that Lady Charlotte only humbugs you to make you smuggle some lace.at humbug, v.
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) I 387: Who can doubt of Affligio’s being a sharper.at sharper, n.
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) II 108: He sits every night next to Lord Temple, and has a complete bore of two hours.at bore, n.1
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) II 47: As I am very deeply engaged [in racing debts], I shall perhaps be obliged to make use of your money, that in case of the worst I may not be a lame duck.at lame duck, n.1
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) II 317: I can assure you it grieved me that anything of yours should make such a circumbendibus before it came to my hands.at circumbendibus, n.
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) II 238: I hope you have left off hazard. If you are still so foolish, and will play, the best thing I can wish you is, that you may win and never throw crabs.at crabs, n.1
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) II 340: I am sure they intended to pin my money, but I disappointed them.at pin, v.
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) III 159: In gaming, ’tis said, he’s the stoutest of cocks; / No man can play deeper than this Mr. Fox.at cock, n.3
in Jesse George Selwyn (1843) III 159: In gaming, ’tis said, he’s the stoutest of cocks; / No man can play deeper than this Mr. Fox.at deep, adj.
Rev. Dr. Warner in George Selwyn (1843) III 356: When the mother [...] shall become a devotee, and God adore, with the same spirit that she plays the — (hitch in the rhyme yourself, for I would not say a syllable against her for the world).at bitch, n.1
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