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Once a Week V 528/2: The next morning, just as I was doing some soda and B, in rushed her brother, the old major, shook me by both hands, and went off at score in the heavy father style.at soda and B, n.
Once a Week V 528/2: The next morning, just as I was doing some soda and B, in rushed her brother, the old major, shook me by both hands, and went off at score in the heavy father style. Once a Week 25 May 97: As the Greek places the packet [of cards] on the top of the other, he allows it to project the least bit in the world [F&H].at Greek, n.
Once a Week viii 535: Well, instead of about a pennyweight [...] the old fellow washed out a good half-ounce at least, so he must have a regular lob of gold stowed away somewhere .at lob, n.1
Once a Week IX 555/1: The party who picks the pocket while the ‘stiff-dropper’ is attracting the victim’s attention is called ‘the hook’ .at hook, n.1
Once a Week 14 Nov. 569/2: A woman is always the principal actor in these cases, and she is called the ‘picking-up moll’ [...] She is accompanied by a man who is called the ‘stick or bludgeon’.at picking-up moll (n.) under pick up, v.
Once a Week 5 Sept. 286/1: If it happens to be remarked that So-and-So is drinking very hard, some one will probably say — ‘O yes, he takes more than is good for him, I guess; but he hasn’t had snakes in his boots yet’.at have snakes in one’s boots (v.) under snakes, n.
‘The Bulla Bulla Bunyip’ in Once a Week 31 Dec. 45: The landlord swore to apparition of a huge blackfellow flourishing a phantasmal ‘waddy.’.at waddy, n.
Once a Week 28 Dec. 753/1: ‘Shedallah, you remember telling us of the poor little child that you buried under the tree?’ ‘Yes, Mem Sahib, Shedallah remembers Chota Sahib very well’.at chota sahib (n.) under chota, adj.
Once a Week 13 Aug. 43/1: Who is the superior animal—a he-male or a she-male? as they say in America.at he-male, n.
Once a Week 19 Nov. 332/2: One of my unfortunate prisoners, who was, of course, ‘led away’ — so he pleaded — described the tempter as a ‘leary cove’.at leary cove (n.) under leery, adj.
Once a Week 8 Mar. 205/1: He’s a hot member as I’ve laid it [i.e. a bet] to. These swells don’t come outside unless they know something.at hot member, n.
Once a Week 202: These had been Philip Durnford's experiences of the ‘glorious uncertainty of the turf’ for seven miserable weeks of the worst season for backers the oldest turfite could remember.at turfite, n.
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