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[UK] Westminster Gazette 4 Aug. 3: Molocker, it appears, is the trade term for renovated old chapeaux [F&H].
at molocher, n.
[UK] Westminster Gazette 15th Nov. 2/2: The nocturnal assaults of heavy cavalry, as well as light infantry issuing after dark from the cracks of an old wood bedstead [F&H].
at heavy cavalry (n.) under heavy, adj.
[UK] Westminster Gazette 15th Nov. 2/2: The nocturnal assaults of heavy cavalry, as well as light infantry issuing after dark from the cracks of an old wood bedstead [F&H].
at light infantry (n.) under light, adj.
[UK] Westminster Gazette 15 Feb. 5/1: The Liberal delegates were fervid only when ‘weighing-up’ the House of Peers and insisting upon its disestablishment.
at weigh (up), v.
[UK] Westminster Gazette 31 July 3/1: The three American girls [...] were seen [...] ‘fluttering’ for the upper berth in their cabin .
at flutter, v.2
[UK] Westminster Gazette 28 Oct. n.p.: We can play pills then till after lunch.
at pill, n.
[UK] Westminster Gazette 7 Dec. 12/1: Sailed for Guam [OED].
at Guam, n.
[UK] Westminster Gazette 1 Nov. 2/1: As Harker remarked, ‘Half a guinea for an essay is no wash-out’ .
at wash-out, n.
[UK] Westminster Gazette 13 Nov. 5/1: It was his custom to rise before daybreak every morning and search the streets of the West End, [...] picking up the ends of cigarettes and cigars commonly known as ‘toppers’ .
at topper, n.1
[UK] Westminster Gazette 23 May 10/1: The railway ticket office clerk twists and swigs at a ‘toby’ as he asks you ‘Where for, sir?’ [DA].
at toby, n.5
[UK] Westminster Gazette 20 Jan. 2/1: When the recipient of a letter has to [...] go in for a comparative analysis of the different letters [...] he is justified in using bang words.
at bang word (n.) under bang, n.1
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