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Slum Silhouettes choose

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[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 109: A nice little bit of orlright, ain’t she?
at bit of all right, a, phr.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 23: ‘Tare an ages!’ cried he, finding it empty.
at tare an’ ages!, excl.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 20: Plase the pigs, I’ll draw his club-money to-morry, and the poor bhoy shall be buried like a gintleman.
at an’t please the pigs, phr.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 25: ‘Go it, ye divils!’ cried he. ‘This bangs Banagher.’.
at beat Bannagher (v.) under Bannagher, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 15: Dicky [...] had seen him that same night being chucked out of ‘The Green Man’ when he was ‘blue, blind, and paralytic’.
at blue, adj.2
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 15: Dicky [...] had seen him that same night being chucked out of ‘The Green Man’ when he was ‘blue, blind, and paralytic’.
at blue-blind (paralytic) (adj.) under blue, adj.2
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 86: ’Ow’s ’e to stock ’is knowledge box when there’s a great hole downstairs yelling out, ‘Grub’?
at knowledge box, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 141: None o’ yer jumpin’ over the broomstick – Sal ain’t the sort o’ gal for that – but a real, reg’lar slap up wedding.
at jump (over) the broomstick, v.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 9: If Murty could only get a show on the floor of the big House, he’d make some of the ‘big bugs’ sit up.
at big bug (n.) under bug, n.1
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 59: As for that bugaboo there [...] let him go to his Hogpin.
at bugaboo, n.1
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 34: She gave me arf-a-bull yes’day.
at half-a-bull (n.) under bull, n.3
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 15: I’ll lave ye, Biddy. I’ll lave ye. I’ve put up wid yer bullyragging long enough.
at bullyrag, v.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 55: ‘And a very comfortable little caboose she’s got,’ said Bill.
at caboose, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 31: Daisy, wiv long goldin ’air – carrots the women called it.
at carrots, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 36: Thats nice carryin’s on for a gal wots goin’ to be spliced the day arter to-morrer.
at carrying-on, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 28: Got a rippin’ good voice, ain’t he? It’s a knock-out. But you ought to ’eard him six years ago [...] he wos a champion then [...] tho’ his chivey ain’t much of a forchin to him now .
at chivey, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 55: She’s a crummy comfortable sort o’ a woman.
at crummy, adj.1
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 3: ’E could ’andle ’is dooks, an’ no error: the way ’e set abaht Bill was a fair treat [...] popped in fust ’is left an’ then ’is right, droppin’ Bill a domino every time.
at domino, n.2
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 3: ’E could ’andle ’is dooks, an’ no error: the way ’e set abaht Bill was a fair treat .
at and no error under error, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 145: Me an’ Mick wos smokin’ our fags agin the door.
at fag, n.3
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 215: ‘Wot cher, Jumbo!’ ‘Wot cher, Fatty! Seed Cocky Brown lately?’.
at fatty, n.1
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 36: The house was ram-jammed – there wasn’t standin’ room.
at ram-jam full, adj.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 215: Wot ho, Liz!’ ’Ows Cocky?
at what ho!, excl.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 170: Work’us be — jigger’d!
at I’m jiggered (if) (excl.) under jiggered, adj.1
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 215: ‘Wot cher, Jumbo!’ ‘Wot cher, Fatty! Seed Cocky Brown lately?’.
at jumbo, n.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 15: Ah! there now; that’s a licker. Nobody don’t know.
at licker, n.1
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 160: Oh! Strike me good-lookin’!
at strike me handsome! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 13: A man is it? Oh! mother o’ Moses!
at Moses!, excl.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 34: Oh well, if he’s mug enough to take up wiv her, let him look after her.
at mug, adj.
[UK] J.D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 12: Oh, murther aloive!
at murder!, excl.
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