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Cheapjack 64: I don’t want wide people [...] It’s the greedy, half-baked lumps-and-bumps I’m after.at lump and bump, n.
Cheapjack 64: I don’t want wide people [...] It’s the greedy, half-baked lumps-and-bumps I’m after. Cheapjack 191: The word ‘cockeren,’ I found, meant a tenner.at cock and hen, n.
Cheapjack 191: The word ‘cockeren,’ I found, meant a tenner or a pen, according to context.at cock and hen, n.
Cheapjack 24: He tried on my silk hat and the others agreed that he looked ‘a right collar and cuff’ [...] ‘No one ain’t a collar ’ere,’ he said. ‘And if you think a gent’s titfer can make me look like a sissy I’ll give anyone a sock in the lug.’.at collar (and cuff), n.
Cheapjack 188: ‘What about slippin’ up the apple and pears and gettin’ in feather? I’m just about charvered.’ [...] Feather was short for ‘feather and flip’.at feather (and flip), n.
Cheapjack 38: A pound is a ‘phunt,’ a ‘bar,’ or a ‘nicker’.at bar, n.1
Cheapjack 40: The whole bunch of ’em was a lot of barmies from some loony bin.at barmy, n.
Cheapjack 59: I was having a bit of a barney with a gorgie there, when he ups and calls me a bastard. Of course I chinned him.at barney, n.2
Cheapjack 221: I was nervous about ‘coming to the bat’. [Ibid.] 317: Bat – Price. ‘To come to the bat’, to mention the price.at bat, n.3
Cheapjack 317: Bevvy’omey – A drunkard.at bevvy omee (n.) under bevvy, n.
Cheapjack 111: They just sit in the ’ouse and talk and bevvy till all the money’s gone.at bevvy, v.
Cheapjack 18: They invited me to have a ‘bevvy’ with them and ordered me a drink.at bevvy, n.
Cheapjack 218: Look here, Peters, you know the business is going to blazes.at go to blazes (v.) under blazes, n.
Cheapjack 202: I don’t suppose the game will be much bottle for any of us.at no bottle, phr.2
Cheapjack 203: The other words he used to describe them were ‘molls,’ ‘skirts,’ and ‘brassnails,’ although this last word is only used as a rule in reference to ladies of a certain definite profession.at brass, n.2
Cheapjack 206: We [...] got exactly what we wanted for eight shillings a gross. ‘That’s the sort of bunce I like,’ said Joe. ‘What about working them at a denar a time.’.at bunce, n.
Cheapjack 39: I thought I was going to ’ave a burster. [Ibid.] 317: Burster – A very successful day.at buster, n.1
Cheapjack 37: Get out o’ Southend just as soon as you can. Of all the bloomin’ carsies I’ve ever struck this ’ere takes some beating.at carsey, n.
Cheapjack 39: Suddenly a chara drives up.at chara, n.1
Cheapjack 189: It is a common enough expression among grafters, and often used when one worker ‘charvers’ another or in other words spoils his pitch.at charver, v.
Cheapjack 188: ‘What about slippin’ up the apple and pears and gettin’ in feather? I’m just about charvered’ [...] Feather was short for ‘feather and flip’.at charvered, adj.
Cheapjack 59: I was having a bit of a barney with a gorgie there, when he ups and calls me a bastard. Of course I chinned him.at chin, v.
Cheapjack 39: They ’aven’t got it, son. They ’aven’t got a coal.at cole, n.
Cheapjack 190: I reasoned that it would cost me very little to have a cut at this somewhat ignominious form of graft.at have a cut (at) (v.) under cut, n.1
Cheapjack 191: I offered to get some gear on the understanding that the cost of this was paid back to me before any of us had a cut-up of the takings.at cut up, v.2
Cheapjack 206: ‘That’s the sort of bunce I like,’ said Joe. ‘What about working them at a denar a time.’.at deener, n.
Cheapjack 187: It’s these ruddy diddlum machines wot’s done it.at diddlum, adj.
Cheapjack 24: And if you think a gent’s titfer can make me look like a sissy I’ll give anyone a sock in the lug that’ll make ’em look like a blinking dog’s dinner.at dog’s dinner, n.
Cheapjack 190: Take sights. Screw th’ donah’s groinies.at dona, n.
Cheapjack 157: This used to be the best gaff in the country for dook reading.at dook, n.1
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