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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.
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.
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 humper, n.
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