Green’s Dictionary of Slang
‘Mr. Mug; or, The Witty Cockney’ in Merry Melodist 5: I met a trading Black-a-moor, a woolly old humbug.at humbug, n.
‘Widow Waddle, of Chickabiddy Lane’ in Merry Melodist 6: Tommy Tick he dress’d in pompadour, with double channel’d pumps. And look’d, when he’d his jazy on, just like the Jack of Trumps.at jasey, n.
‘Widow Waddle, of Chickabiddy Lane’ in Merry Melodist 6: Mrs. Tick, one day, inflam’d with max and muggy weather, / She with a joint-stool broke the peace, and Tommy’s head together.at max, n.
‘Way of the World’ in Merry Melodist 6: You swagger and palaver and make the folks think, / You are a man of property, and plenty of chink.at palaver, v.
‘Pretty Deary’ in Merry Melodist 3: Across her meantime, came a tall Irish beaux, / Who like me in pocket was peery.at peery, adj.
‘The Sawyer and the Lawyer’ in Merry Melodist 8: Cried Jack the saw rasper, I say neighbour Grasper.at rasper, n.
‘Widow Waddle, of Chickabiddy Lane’ in Merry Melodist 6: Her neighbour, Tommy Tick, a tally man was he.at tick, n.3
‘Widow Waddle, of Chickabiddy Lane’ in Merry Melodist 6: They’d words, and with a large cow-heel she gave him such a wipe.at wipe, n.
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