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[Aus] Sydney Herald 20 June 4/1: The Vandemonians would wax mighty wrath.
at vandemonianism, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 12 July2/5: Isabella McElroy was charged by her master with the following improper demeanour, having desired her to close the windows in the evening, she replied ‘go and bag your head’.
at bag your head! (excl.) under bag, v.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 30 Jan. 3/2: [T]he dragoons drew their pistols from the holsters, and ordered him to follow, upon penalty of receiving a leaden pill.
at lead pill (n.) under lead, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 16 Sept. 2/3: Sarah Jackson, mounting the Cockle Bay Coat of Arms, to wit, a broken nose, with a pair of black eyes as supporters, was handed to the bar, charged with sporting her figure on the top of a heap of wood at the Market Wharf, smoking a short pipe, and singing out most lustily, `Oh the days are gone when beauty bright, My heart's chain wove.'.
at Cockle Bay coat of arms, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 24 Feb. 1s/4: Look at that ’ere little ‘konk‘,— there an’t much of the Jew there? that nose ain’t my nose.
at conk, n.1
[Aus] Sydney Herald 24 Feb. 1s/4: He heard the deceased call her a d—d bitch.
at bitch, n.1
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1: Lord how you does bamboozle them ere flats and swells.
at bamboozle, v.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: I’ll be spiflicated if I wern’t laughing like an undertaker in a black job, till my bread basket ached.
at black job (n.) under black, adj.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [A] dish of milk and water, riglar sky blue.
at sky blue, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [B]low me if it warn’t capital, you [...] gammoning the knowing ones till the Recorder almost gave in, and the lawyers almost returned the brads.
at brad, n.1
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: I’ll be spiflicated if I wern’t laughing like an undertaker in a black job, till my bread basket ached.
at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [M]y eyes how you did tip him the gobbox about imperdence, and when he wouldn't give you the go by, about morals and jistice, and equality, and sich like big words.
at give someone/something the go-by (v.) under go-by, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [V]hen ve vas lagged, crikie, what a palaver the ould one in the big wig did hold forth.
at crikey!, excl.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1: Lord how you does bamboozle them ere flats and swells [...] , to turn nigger drivers.
at nigger-driver, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1: My eyes why doesn’t you go to the tip top cove at once.
at my eye(s)!, excl.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1: Lord how you does bamboozle them ere flats and swells.
at flat, n.2
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [B]low me if it warn’t capital, you [...] gammoning the knowing ones till the Recorder almost gave in, and the lawyers almost returned the brads.
at gammon, v.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [M]y eyes how you did tip him the gobbox about imperdence, and when he wouldn't give you the go by, about morals and jistice, and equality, and sich like big words.
at tip (someone) the gobbox (v.) under gob, n.1
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [M]y eyes how you did tip him the gobbox about imperdence, and when he wouldn't give you the go by, about morals and jistice, and equality, and sich like big words.
at imperence, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [B]low me if it warn’t capital, you [...] gammoning the knowing ones till the Recorder almost gave in, and the lawyers almost returned the brads.
at knowing, adj.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [A]s you sport the tip top slang, as you should tip us the office to gammon the queer uns, so up and give it ’em right and left and no mistake.
at and no mistake under mistake, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [U]p comes landlord and anither little-un, who cries out, who stole spoons. My eyes how you did missle, but the little-un grabbed you.
at mizzle, v.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1: [I]t is contrary to morals and jistice to let a poor fallow work his eyeballs out for a yard o' tripe or [...] some such.
at yard of tripe, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [A]s you sport the tip top slang, as you should tip us the office to gammon the queer uns, so up and give it ’em right and left and no mistake.
at tip the office (v.) under office, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [V]hen ve vas lagged, crikie, what a palaver the ould one in the big wig did hold forth.
at palaver, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [T]he little-un grabbed you, and there was sich a plant in your fob as never was seen.
at plant, n.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [Y]ou may insinivate that prigging spoons and other swag is making all things equal.
at prig, v.2
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: I’ll be spiflicated if I wern’t laughing like an undertaker in a black job, till my bread basket ached.
at spiflicated, adj.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [I]f you don't get me up out of this ere place, blow me if I von't split.
at split, v.
[Aus] Sydney Herald 18 June 4/2: [T]hat ere spoon job, which made us both spoonie at the Ould Bailey.
at spoony, adj.
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