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[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 187: It’s o’ no use Poll, you ain’t o’ no ekount.
at no-account, adj.
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 187: Don’t he toe an’ heel it scrummy!
at heel-and-toe, v.
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 184: It likes ‘bakkey’ and abhors gin.
at bacca, n.
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 185: ‘Bunting Sal’ proposes to ‘Hoppy Jack’ to ‘goo and fetch a drain o’ gin’.
at bunting, adj.
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 188: Bill chuants [...] something of the Rochester school.
at chant, v.
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 188: Sir Sniggerme Peter! if yer aint both reglar flicks.
at flick, n.2
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 185: ‘Bunting Sal’ proposes to ‘Hoppy Jack’ to ‘goo and fetch a drain o’ gin’.
at hoppy, adj.1
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 187: [to a dancer] ‘Braa-vo Poll! Larther away’.
at lather, v.
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 184: The masculine carries his nose over a short pipe; his hair in ‘Newgate drops’.
at Newgate drops (n.) under Newgate, n.
[UK] J. Overs Evenings of a Working Man 187: Don’t he toe an’ heel it scrummy!
at scrummy, adv.
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