1882 W. Besant All Sorts and Conditions of Men I 164: The road has come to be regarded with admiration as one of those Alsatian retreats, growing every day rarer, which are beyond and above the law.at Alsatian (adj.) under Alsatia, n.
1882 W. Besant All Sorts and Conditions of Men II 109: The Professor was already come to the period of waist-tightening, which naturally follows a too continued succession of banyan days.at Banyan day, n.
1882 W. Besant All Sorts and Conditions of Men II 96: And as for business, it’s got down to the hard pan, and dollars are skurce.at hard-pan, n.
1882 W. Besant All Sorts and Conditions of Men II 97: Oh! Mr. Feeblemind! Oh! Mr. Facing-Both-Ways!at Mr, n.