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N. Devon Jrnl 31 Dec. 3/3: They met us in the field with their leather-headed orator at their tail.at leather-headed (adj.) under leatherhead, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 31 Dec. 3/3: They met us in the field with their leather-headed orator at their tail. N. Devon Jrnl 5 June 1/5: He [...] must be the most impudent man ever dipped in the Shannon.at dipped in the Shannon, adj.
N. Devon Jrnl 8 July 4/5: Sir Frederick Fopdoodle.at fopdoodle, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 7 Feb. 4/2: We cannot see either the wisdom or justice of that Jemmy Jessamy sort of scrupulosity.at jemmy jessamy, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 30 Jan. 7/2: As for the defendant’s exhibition in the matter, one of the many illustrations of Tom and Jerryism, or of ‘the fast man’ [...] and the faster such characters go to the House of Correction, the better.at tom-and-jerryism (n.) under tom and jerry, n.1
N. Devon Jrnl 9 Sept. 6/4: Lest some miserable drunkard should feel an intense thirst for the ‘liquid fire’ [...] spirits, brandy, rum or whiskey are sold from a shilling to eighteen pence a gallon!at liquid fire under liquid, adj.
N. Devon Jrnl 10 Aug. 5/2: The wording of the memorial shews it to be the work of some privileged ‘grumbletonian’ who [...] gives expression to a carping and malevolent dispoition.at grumbletonian, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 6 Sept. 8/3: Two ‘sporting characters’ who [...] had pretty well ‘liquored up’.at liquor (up), v.
N. Devon Jrnl 15 Oct. 6/1: Behold the latest bolts of Jove, / Hurl’d at the Counter-Hopper. / [...] / Declaring such employment quite absurd.at counter-hopper, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 26 Jan. 4/4: Tom and Jerryism Revived — [...] a party of rowdies ycleped ‘gentlemen’ amused themsleves by [etc.].at tom-and-jerryism (n.) under tom and jerry, n.1
N. Devon Jrnl 29 May 5/1: Charles hancock [...] described the prisoner’s state as a ‘little sprung,’ ‘half-slewed,’ etc.at half-slewed, adj.
N. Devon Jrnl 29 May 5/1: Charles hancock [...] described the prisoner’s state as a ‘little sprung,’ ‘half-slewed,’ etc.at sprung, adj.
N. Devon Jrnl 10 Nov. 7/4: A true Gentleman is honest, brave, sincere, and courteous. A chimney-sweep or night-man may be one.at nightman (n.) under night, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 13 Oct. 7/4: In Newhaven Churchyard, Sussex [...] inscibed on the tombstone of the original inventor of the ‘Tipper Beer’ [...] ‘To the memory of Thomas Tipper [...] The best old Stingo he both brewed and sold’.at tipper, n.2
N. Devon Jrnl 26 Jan. 7/3: By way of dessert, we treated ourselves to a ‘disgh of chat’ with ‘mine host’.at dish of chat (n.) under dish, n.1
N. Devon Jrnl 6 Sept. 3/2: A common lady friend, who had expressed her entire readiness [...] to perform the amiable part of ‘daisy picker’ to the young couple .at daisy-picker (n.) under daisy, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 23 Jan. 6/2: Brown, who was shouting ‘Beef!’ and said something about a ‘bloody Jemmy’.at bloody jemmy (n.) under bloody, adj.
N. Devon Jrnl 17 Dec. n.p.: Two Electioneering requirements — wnd-bags and money-bags.at moneybag(s) (n.) under money, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 17 Dec. n.p.: Two Electioneering requirements — wnd-bags and money-bags.at windbag, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 1 June 2/2: The population being composed to a great extent of the vagabonds of all nations, these towns were sometimes called ‘Hell upon wheels’.at hell on wheels (n.) under hell, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 23 Jan. 5/3: ‘Awfully Clever’ and the ‘Lardy Dardy Doo Swell’ were sung in character by Mr Fred Beckett.at lardy-dardy, adj.
N. Devon Jrnl 26 Dec. 5/5: He was game as a pebble and probably the best fish I took during my stay.at ...a pebble under game as..., adj.
N. Devon Jrnl 25 Nov. 6/4: East-of-the-Water, known as Shamrockshire.at Shamrockshire, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 9 Sept. 6/1: Next there comes the Windsor drag, / With team of faultless bays / Which Peyton loves to tool along / Her Majesty’s highways.at tool along (v.) under tool, v.
N. Devon Jrnl 8 Feb. 7/2: [from The Echo] Come, cows and kisses, put the battle of the Nile on your Barnet Fair, and a rogue and villain in your sky-rocket.at cow-and-kisses, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 8 Feb. 7/2: [from The Echo] Call a flounder and dab with a tidy Charing Cross.at flounder (and dab), n.
N. Devon Jrnl 8 Feb. 7/2: [from The Echo] Come, cows and kisses, put the battle of the Nile on your Barnet Fair, and a rogue and villain in your sky-rocket.at rogue (and villain), n.
N. Devon Jrnl 8 Feb. 7/2: [from The Echo] Come, cows and kisses, put the battle of the Nile on your Barnet Fair, and a rogue and villain in your sky-rocket.at barnet (fair), n.
N. Devon Jrnl 8 Feb. 7/2: [from The Echo] Come, cows and kisses, put the battle of the Nile on your Barnet Fair, and a rogue and villain in your sky-rocket.at battle of the Nile, n.
N. Devon Jrnl 8 Feb. 7/2: [from The Echo] Thus from the French ‘bouilli’ we probably get the prison slang term bull for a ration of meat .at bull, n.1
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