1855 K. Marx despatch to Neue Oder-Zeitung 9 Feb. in Wheen Karl Marx (1999) n.p.: The constabulary [...] began to beat up people’s heads until the blood ran profusely, yanked individuals here and there out of the vast multitude [...] and dragged them to the improvised blockhouses.at yank, v.1
1860 Karl Marx letter to F. Engels 29 Feb. in Wheen Karl Marx (1999) 269: I should tell them that i was a foreigner and that they should kiss me on the arse.at kiss my arse!, excl.
1999 F. Wheen Karl Marx 327: The finance minister Ernest Picard is dubbed ‘the Joe miller of the government of National Defence’.at Joe Miller, n.
1999 F. Wheen Karl Marx 246: That redoubtable old buzzard finally fell off her perch.at drop off the perch (v.) under perch, n.1
1999 F. Wheen Karl Marx 222: One by one, the new pieces of furniture and the precious old linen found their way back to the pop-shop.at pop shop (n.) under pop, v.2