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People 4 Feb. in (1909) 17/2: Witnesses took several names and addresses, and some of the females described themselves as ‘Banburys’, and said they got their living as best they could.at banbury, n.
People 4 Feb. in (1909) 17/2: Witnesses took several names and addresses, and some of the females described themselves as ‘Banburys’, and said they got their living as best they could. People 6 Jan. in (1909) 28/2: He did not have 30 or 40 pots of beer that day. He could do a good many, but he was not going by the name of ‘Billy born drunk.’.at billy born drunk, n.
People 6 Jan. in (1909) 73/2: [headline] A ‘Chivy’ Duel – Described by a ‘Costy’.at chivy, adj.
People 6 Jan. in (1909) 112/1: When they comes back, Selby says to me, ‘All I could do him over for was a couple of bob.’.at do over, v.
People 6 Jan. in (1909) 189/2: I knew then that Selby had got a bit more (money) than he opened to (told) me.at open (to) (v.) under open, v.
People 6 Jan. in (1909) 231/1: About half-past one this morning, I was in the ‘Spooferies’. Where? In the ‘Spooferies’ in Maiden Lane.at spooferies, n.
People 7 July in (1909) 250/1: Having exhausted palmistry an American paper has spent its energy of psychological investigation on the foot (I beg pardon, the trilby), but a rival comes out with a page of illustrated description of the mouth.at trilby, n.
People 6 Sept. in (1909) 127/1: He denied that when entering the music hall he was accused by a lady of picking her pocket, and further said that when called out he did not say he had never ‘faked a poke’ in his life.at fake a poke (v.) under fake, v.1
People 30 Aug. in (1909) 163/1: coroner: How did you escape the school board officers? – witness: I don’t know how I managed to escape the ‘kidcatcher’, sir, but I did it.at kid catcher (n.) under kid, n.1
People 7 Nov. in (1909) 244/1: Mrs Harris was not there, and Harris remarked : ‘This is all right, nothing to eat or drink, and no one to speak to’.at this is all right under all right, adj.
People 19 Feb. in (1909) 10/1: If our readers are inclined to be curious, they may, on further investigation, discover the player of ‘’Arry’s’ favourite ‘worrier’ in the form of a patient-looking little lady, who sits on the stonework of the railings which guard the select piece of grass and trees.at ’Arry’s worrier (n.) under ’Arry/’Arriet, n.
letter in People Aug. in (1909) 73/1: I have not been out of my pyjamas all day and no further from the tent than the next one for a ‘chinwag.’.at chinwag, n.
People 6 Jan. in (1909) 73/2: Presently Selby pulls out a chivy (knife) and gives Big Tim a dig or two — one on his arm and one at his face, and another at his leg.at chiv, n.1
People 20 Mar. in (1909) 177/1: It is estimated, I see, that the Vanderbilt family of millionaires [...] afford employment for three millions of human beings. The happiness or the misery of three millions of people wholly dependent on the whims and caprices of, say, half a dozen ‘money bugs’.at money bug (n.) under money, n.
People 20 Mar. in (1909) 219/1: At Northwich William Flynn was sent for seven days for begging.at sent, adj.
People 9 Mar. in (1909) 249/1: The resources of the French language for putting a polish of politeness on ugly facts are infinite. When M. Delcasse’s mendacity in connection with the Muscat incident was exposed, a leading Paris paper extenuated his offence by the ingenious excuse that, after all, – he merely ‘translated the truth.’.at translate the truth, v.
People 7 April, 18, 2: An old soldier — both in the literal and metaphorical sense — down to every move on the board, suspicious and even touchy, he forms a genuine friend, ever ready to do his comrade a good turn [F&H].at old soldier, n.
People 150: The man who took it regularly for twelve months could then have presented to him an opportunity to drop dead and ‘push clouds’.at push clouds (v.) under push, v.
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letter in People 14 Feb. 2/4: chumps darling, Thanks muchly for the magazines, I’ve got bags now, so don’t send any more.at ta muchly!, excl.
People 31 Oct. 2/1: Ninety per cent of prison corruption [...] can be traced to the illicit traffic in tobacco [...] And every gaol has its ‘snout baron’ — the little Al Capone who has the racket nicely sewn up.at baron, n.
People (US) 13 Oct. 🌐 Sarah has already resumed her publishing job (Di couldn’t have a career if she wanted to), proving to her public that she is not only fun but a lot more than a royal heirhead with an ever-so-slightly risque past.at heirhead, n.
People Sydney 30 Mar. 6/3: Profumo, a keen pants man, couldn’t resist bedding 19-year-old spunkette Christine Keeler.at spunkette (n.) under spunk, n.
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People (Sydney) 9 Dec. 41/1: Spunkbubble Sophie Lee has been at a bit of a loose end since Sex came grinding to a halt. The TV program, that is.at spunk-bubble (n.) under spunk, n.
People (Sydney) 5 July 65/3: The holy humper - who’s got six sprogs - also reckons it’s A-OK for chicks to get down on their knees and pray before the bald-headed god of love.at A-OK, adj.
People (Sydney) 5 July 18/1: Devised by an ex-Grenadier Guard to sort the men from the soft cocks, the kick-arse event has been running for the past 12 years.at kick-ass, adj.
People (Sydney) 5 July 65/3: The holy humper - who’s got six sprogs - also reckons it’s A-OK for chicks to get down on their knees and pray before the bald-headed god of love.at bald-headed hermit (n.) under bald-headed, adj.
People (Sydney) 5 July 9: Born in Ames, Iowa, just out of Bumfuck Junction, Iowa. Broke into showbusiness in 1993 by appearing as Miss April in a Motormag calendar.at Bumfuck, Egypt, n.
People (Sydney) 5 July 65/2: A pervy Pommy postie copped a year in the clink for stealing a whopping eight mailbags full of sex toys!at clink, n.1
People (Sydney) 5 July 22/2: My first jobs were a lolly boy at a theatre at Mascot and a ‘cockatoo’ for the local SP bookie - both at the age of 11.at cockatoo, n.2
People (Sydney) 5 July 65/2: A pervy Pommy postie copped a year in the clink for stealing a whopping eight mailbags full of sex toys!at cop, v.
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