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Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual choose

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[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 11: When Mr. So-and-So brought the roast pig on the table.
at so-and-so, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 22: As to the stupid ape, her son Andrew, we can soon settle him.
at ape, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 15: Jan, take a drop of the cratur.
at drop of the creature (n.) under creature, the, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 23: I’m the lad – the fancy chap – the knowing one – damme pipps! I’m known by the cognomen of Jack Shepherd or Sixteen String Jack damme pipps. I’m rumpty tum with the chill off, dam’me pipps!
at damn, v.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 15: Och, take a drop of eye water.
at eyewater (n.) under eye, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 14: After threatening to lay hold of the Black mongrel by the gills, and pull him about like a salmon.
at gills, n.1
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 8: I’m too far gone for them to injure me now.
at gone, adj.1
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 9: I got upon the seat towards the top, but I was jolted to the other end in a jiffey.
at jiffy, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 15: M’Cormac was mourn’d by his left behind Judy, / Who sat piping her eye wid an old broken dudee.
at judy, n.1
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 23: I like to make leg while the sun shines.
at make up one’s leg (v.) under leg, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 14: After threatening to lay hold of the Black mongrel by the gills, and pull him about like a salmon.
at mongrel, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 23: Why there can’t be any body on the nose, I should think? but I heard a noise.
at on the nose under nose, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 9: Ev’ry member elate, in boisterous mirth is clattering, / Such patter and prate, – in person each gets fatter in.
at patter, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 23: Hark! I hear another voice: I must look out for squalls – that’s not Jerry’s pipe.
at pipe, n.1
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 16: All these beautiful prates; all this baked mutton.
at pratie, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 23: That’s not Jerry’s pipe: I’ll call him; there seems to be a screw loose! but who’s afraid, damme?
at a screw loose under screw, n.1
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 22: As to the stupid ape, her son Andrew, we can soon settle him.
at settle, v.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 8: You may give me a little of the slippy sloppy.
at slip-slop, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 23: Where’s my pistols? I heard somebody in the house: they’re loaded with slugs – not garden slugs; where’s the pistols?
at slug, n.1
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 23: Hark! I hear another voice: I must look out for squalls – that’s not Jerry’s pipe.
at squall, n.2
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 21: Old Mother Dunbird, I shall be at home at the Wolds before daybreak on Tuesday morning, so move your ancient stumps.
at stumps, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 15: The tip top o’ de morning to you, my jewel.
at tip-top, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 7: Begar! here’s Monsier Tonson come again!
at begorra!, excl.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 14: The judges they deal out the oddest of law, / Mix’d up wid queer blarney, boderation and jaw.
at botheration, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 22: Now, Jim, my boy, cut away.
at cut away (v.) under cut, v.2
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 25: I’ll lay ye a farden, that the brick-dust neddy vins.
at farden, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 14: The judges they deal out the oddest of law, / Mix’d up wid queer blarney, boderation and jaw.
at jaw, n.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 26: Lauk a mercy!
at lawks-a-mussy! (excl.) under lawks!, excl.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 21: Lauk! how pleasant ’tis to ride.
at lawks!, excl.
[UK] Mr Mathews’ Comic Annual 25: Vy, any von here, voud suppose you in licker!
at liquored (up), adj.
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