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Yorks. Post 14 Sept. 3/3: ‘And the mess plate, Twoshoes?’ ‘Made into white soup hours ago.’ ‘Melted down, that is,’ remarked Tightlockl.at white soup (n.) under white, adj.
Yorks. Post 14 Sept. 3/3: ‘And the mess plate, Twoshoes?’ ‘Made into white soup hours ago.’ ‘Melted down, that is,’ remarked Tightlockl. Yorks. Post 26 June 3/3: The same smock-faced youth who had come to him that evening.at smock-faced, adj.
Yorks. Post 4 Oct. 4/3: He found the constable [...] lying across a beer barrel, mad drunk.at mad, adv.
Yorks. Post 6 Sept. 8/6: Bligh [...] slipped a fast one to the boundary for four.at slip a fast one (over) (v.) under fast one, n.
Yorks. Post 4 Dec. 4/1: Poor chawbacon must cotinue to ‘chaw’ his bacon, and poor Billy Turniptop must be content to eat his red herrings.at billy turniptop, n.
Yorks. Post 14 Dec. 5/2: Mr Lane Fox had used the expression ‘Billy Turnips-tops’ in relation to the newly enfranchised agricultural labourer.at billy turniptop, n.
Yorks. Post 1 Feb. 10/6: John Bull’s my name [...] To earn my bread I knock it; Good peck and booze I ne’er refuse.at peck and booze (n.) under peck, n.1
Yorks. Eve. Post 15 Apr. 1/7: [The] variety of occupations adopted by tramps is enormous [...] A ‘blink fencer’ sells spectacles.at blink-fencer (n.) under blink, n.1
Yorks. Eve. Post 14 Dec. 3/3: [It] described all German subjects who cotinued loyal [...] as ‘debased bootlickers’.at bootlicker, n.
Yorks. Eve. Post 15 Apr. 1/7: [The] variety of occupations adopted by tramps is enormous [...] There are ‘mushfakers,’ ‘chaneyfakers’ (menders of china), ‘cadeyfakers’ or ‘grubbers’ (hatters) and so on.at cadey-faker (n.) under cady, n.
Yorks. Eve. Post 15 Apr. 1/7: [The] variety of occupations adopted by tramps is enormous [...] There are ‘mushfakers,’ ‘chaneyfakers’ (menders of china), ‘cadeyfakers’ or ‘grubbers’ (hatters) and so on.at faker, n.
Yorks. Eve. Post 15 Apr. 1/7: The [...] variety of occupations adopted by tramps is enormous [...] The ‘grubber’ [...] renovates old hats.at grubber, n.1
Yorks. Eve. Post 15 Apr. 1/7: [The] variety of occupations adopted by tramps is enormous [...] There are ‘mushfakers,’ ‘chaneyfakers’ (menders of china), ‘cadeyfakers’ or ‘grubbers’ (hatters) and so on.at mush-faker (n.) under mush, n.3
Yorks. Post 28 Jan. 8/8: [advert] Fumez-Vous Beaucoup? Then smoke Ogden’s ‘Fruit and Honey’ pure Virginia.at beaucoup, adv.
Yorks. Eve. Post 19 Oct. 4/3: A writer on dancing estimates that eighteen waltzes are equal to about fourteen miles of heel-and-toe work.at heel-and-toe, v.
Yorks. Eve. Post 1 June 3/6: [heading] Simple Simon. Simon Green was the name of a comparatively young man [...] in custody.at simple simon, n.1
Yorks. Post 15 Feb. 4/3: The working man, having been politically emancipated, is to be tied to the apron-strings of sumptuary laws.at tied to someone’s apron-strings (adj.) under apron-strings, n.
Yorks. Eve. Post 14 Sept. 3/1: Lord Rosebery wore a ‘chummy’ hat on Tuesday, and a silk hat on Wednesday.at chummy, n.1
Yorks. Eve. Post 4 Sept. 2/5: Mr Augustus Sala writes to a London contemporary to say ‘a two-eyed steak is a red herring or bloater cut open’.at two-eyed steak (n.) under two, adj.
Yorks. Post 24 Mar. 7/5: The mere ‘divvy-hunter’ is a potent factor in present-day co-operation.at divvy-hunter (n.) under divvy, n.1
Yorks. Eve. Post 27 Sept. 2/7: His sergeant answered: ‘You stow your gaff’.at stow your gaff! (excl.) under gaff, n.2
Yorks. Eve. Post 21 July 2/6: ‘Snipe hunting’ — Picking up cigar ends.at snipe, n.1
Yorks Eve. Post 12 Oct. 2/5: A weekly paper gives what it calls the latest ‘Yid’ story.at Yid, n.1
Yorks Eve. Post 31 Aug. 2/6: What protection is afforded by a sky-scraper or a bonnet baffles a man’s ingenuity to determine.at sky-scraper, n.1
Yorks Eve. Post 17 Oct. 4/2: In order to obtain it the naval architect will sail as close to the wind in the matter of weight as possible.at sail close to the wind, v.
Yorks. Post 1 Feb. 7/4: The working man would thoroughly enjoy these [i.e. lectures, concerts, etc.] and be kept from temptation [...] the ‘lower five’ only too thankfully keep out of pubUc-bonses if only they have somewhere to go in the evening.at lower five (n.) under lower, adj.
Yorks. Eve. Post 7 June 6/6: The two could not get married so they agreed to ‘live tally’.at live tally (v.) under tally, n.1
Yorks. Eve. Post 8 Mar. 3/3: [headline] Penny-Dreadful Methods.at penny dreadful (n.) under penny, n.
Yorks Eve. Post 18 Feb. 4/5: An abiding and unabashed ink-spiller. Scarce a post but brings her tale of woe.at ink-spiller (n.) under ink, n.
Yorks Eve. Post 8 Sept. 4/6: Two visitors from the United States [...] emerging from St Paul’s Cathedral [...] ‘That’s no slouch of a church; say, who built it?’.at slouch, n.
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