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Vagabond Papers (1st Ser.) 86: Under such disguise they tell poor Jacob wondrous tales: – Of how Temple [...] has purchased a horse which he calls ‘Jumping Jesus,’ and has entered it for the Melbourne Cup.at jumping Jesus!, excl.
Vagabond Papers (1st Ser.) 86: Under such disguise they tell poor Jacob wondrous tales: – Of how Temple [...] has purchased a horse which he calls ‘Jumping Jesus,’ and has entered it for the Melbourne Cup. Vagabond Papers (1st series) 27: He was a blackguard. Shure, why didn’t he go and hit up policeman o Prince’s-bridge if he wanted to be locked up.at sure!, excl.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 138: The warder who overlooks these little things, and who will make presents of tobacco, or traffic, is called a ‘sugarbag’. I expect I was about the sweetest sugarbag they have had in Pentridge for a long time.at sugar-bag, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 44: They all wear bell-toppers.at bell-topper (n.) under bell, n.1
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: You have to go into general business. You must be a magsman, a pincher, a picker-up, a flatcatcher, a bester.at bester (n.) under best, v.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 195: The visiting justices have powers of an ordinary magistrate [...] and they can sentence to the ‘black hole,’ and to any amount of ‘solitary’.at black hole (n.) under black, adj.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 78: The Jews, who supply them with their finery, [...] are in league with the ‘bossees’ of the ‘gay houses.’.at boss, n.2
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: You have to go into general business. You must be a magsman, a pincher, a picker-up, a flatcatcher, a bester.at business, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: It’s not what you may call a burlesque, chucked together, not conducted, comparing it with the London cages.at cage, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: You have to go into general business. You must be a magsman, a pincher, a picker-up, a flatcatcher, a bester.at flat-catcher, n.1
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: I hadn’t got sixpence left and had to go on the cross again.at on the cross under cross, n.1
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 78: The Jews, who supply them with their finery, [...] are in league with the ‘bossees’ of the ‘gay houses,’ in keeping their victims under their control.at gay house (n.) under gay, adj.
Vagabond Papers (4th series) 189: Sydney has had the reputation of being a regular Sleepy Hollow compared to the Victorian capital.at Sleepy Hollow, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd Ser.) 54: Outrages on young children or women are punished by death, and Judge Lynch often speedily settles such cases.at Judge Lynch, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd Ser.) 191: He is essentially vain, and is fond of the admiration of the ‘lifers’ and other hardened ruffians.at lifer, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: You have to go into general business. You must be a magsman, a pincher, a picker-up, a flatcatcher, a bester.at magsman, n.
Vagabond Papers (4th Ser.) 71: Nearly every ‘Mickey’ and ‘Biddy’ throughout the States gave out of their hard earnings to help ‘Ould Ireland’.at mickey, n.1
Vagabond Papers (4th series) 59: Dark women have light picanninnies, and vice versa.at piccaninny, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: You have to go into general business. You must be a magsman, a pincher, a picker-up, a flatcatcher, a bester.at picker-up, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: You have to go into general business. You must be a magsman, a pincher, a picker-up, a flatcatcher, a bester.at pincher, n.1
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 135: Sullivan was a London ‘prig,’ who began life in a reformatory.at prig, n.1
Vagabond Papers (2nd series) 139: I am afraid that, on the whole, Melbourne was not a moral city on Monday Night. Certain supper-rooms, and the saddling paddocks and the vestibules of the theatres were crowded.at saddling paddock (n.) under saddle, v.
Vagabond Papers 3rd series 136: At home, now, it’s the opposite—a good magsman wouldn’t sneak, or be seen with a sneaker.at sneak, v.
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 136: At home, now, it’s the opposite—a good magsman wouldn’t sneak, or be seen with a sneaker.at sneaker, n.2
Vagabond Papers (3rd series) 14: One man would throw or push another down after he had kicked the ball, and without [...] provocation. The aggrieved one would ‘spot’ his antagonist and repay in like manner.at spot, v.1
Vagabond Papers (2nd Ser.) 128: Except that he risks no money, his modus operandi is much the same as the theory of book-making – in practice, the ‘talent’ may find themselves astray after a meeting. The tout takes so many horses which are likely to win, and gives their names as tips to so many different clients, with much secret and important information and instructions how to ‘get on.’.at talent, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd Ser.) 136: I mean to be on the square when I get out [...] I’ve put in enough time in my life.at time, n.
Vagabond Papers (3rd Ser.) 138: I didn’t think, sir, that you were the man to ask me to become a — dog, and turn round on a pal.at turn around (v.) under turn, v.1
Vagabond Papers (3rd Ser.) 58: It is commonly reputed that a vagrant gets a heavier sentence than a minor thief. [...] Many young larrikins are brought up ‘on the vag.’ They are known as thieves and bad characters, according to the police, who attempt to rid the neighbourhood of them in this way.at vag, n.1
Vagabond Papers (5th series) 45: This is hardly the location in which one would expect to find a ‘back-slum,’ but I presume it is a relic of the days when the convict barracks were close at hand.at back slums (n.) under back, adj.2
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