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Shields Dly Gaz. 27 Sept. 6/6: The domestic, who is standing [...] behind each English guest [...] cannot think otherwise than that these burrasahibs are inexplicable.at burra sahib (n.) under burra, adj.
Shields Dly Gaz. 27 Sept. 6/6: The domestic, who is standing [...] behind each English guest [...] cannot think otherwise than that these burrasahibs are inexplicable. (ref. to mid-18C) Shields Dly Gaz. 17 Sept. 3/4: The deeds which delighted the buckskin breeches and cocked hats of our Maccaronis and Mohawks in the days of the second George.at macaroni, n.1
(ref. to mid-18C) Shields Dly Gaz. 17 Sept. 3/4: The deeds which delighted the buckskin breeches and cocked hats of our Maccaronis and Mohawks in the days of the second George.at Mohock, n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 6 Nov. 2/4: A ‘smasher’ is a man able to [...] ‘star a glaze,’ that is smash a jeweller’s window and remove the goods.at smasher, n.4
in Shields Dly Gaz. 3/1: We are real smart girls [...] and can raise ned and keep folks A laughing .at raise Ned (v.) under Ned, n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 21 Nov. 4/3: The ‘Barbary Coast’. At the County Court [...] Plaintiff sought to make the defendant liable on account of vermin being found in the house.at Barbary Coast, n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 7 Mar. 1/6: Most [...] knowing of course the weights and measures can scrub along.at scrub along (v.) under scrub, v.
Shields Dly Gaz. 11 Dec. 4/2: Yes, wagebone [i.e. vagabond], selp me Taters. I’ll choke yer when I cop yer agin.at s’elp me tater!, excl.
Shields Dly Gaz. 24 Nov. 3/3: A Widnes manufacturer of what are popularly known as ‘bags of mystery’, and technically termed sausages, was [...] fined £5 [...] for having in his shop food unfit for use.at bag of mystery (n.) under bag, n.1
Shields Dly Gaz. 5 Nov. 2/3: Russophobia ‘At It’ Again [...] Flying rumour and vague anticipation, by the old craze that Russia is plotting our destruction.at at it under it, n.1
Shields Daily Gaz. 12 June 4/2: His wife [...] came to the rescue of the knight of the shears, explaining that she had taken an inch from each of the legs.at ...the shears under knight of the..., n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 22 May 4/1: The Wharf Rats of New York [...] Wharf-thieves used to be more successful than they are now.at wharf-rat, n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 28 Sept. 4/1: There was [...] a bruise just in front of the right ear-hole through which the bullet had passed.at earhole, n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 21 June 2/4: Coutts, was, in familiar parlance, a queer stick. He had all the eccentricity of his family and none of its goodness.at queer stick (n.) under queer, adj.
Shields Dly Gaz. 10 Jan. n.p.: For the one word drunk [...] we find mops and brooms [...] moony [...] swipy, lumpy [...] on the ran-tan.at mops and brooms, adj.
Shields Dly Gaz. 10 Jan. n.p.: For the one word drunk [...] we find mops and brooms [...] moony [...] swipy, lumpy [...] on the ran-tan.at lumpy, adj.1
Shields Dly Gaz. 10 Jan. n.p.: For the one word drunk [...] we find mops and brooms [...] moony [...] swipy, lumpy [...] on the ran-tan.at moony, adj.
Shields Dly Gaz. 10 Jan. 4/2: For the one word drunk [...] we find mops and brooms [...] moony [...] swipy, lumpy [...] on the ran-tan.at on the rantan under rantan, n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 10 Jan. n.p.: For the one word drunk [...] we find mops and brooms [...] moony [...] swipy, lumpy [...] on the ran-tan.at swipey, adj.
Shields Dly Gaz. 27 Mar. 4/1: The edible frog [...] formerly pretty common in the fen districts, where his harmonious croaking [...] procured him the soubriquet of the ‘Cambridgeshire Nightingale’.at Cambridgeshire nightingale (n.) under Cambridge, adj.
Shields Dly Gaz. 14 June 2/6: We spoke of English democracy, meaning the vast body of the people, and not the Tooley Street tailor bodies, who arrogate to themselves this title.at Tooley Street tailor, n.
Shields Daily Gaz. 23 Jan. 4/1: The working of the ‘dark lurk’ is easily described. The woman loiters late at night in a quiet neighbourhood, her aim being to lead any foolish fellow to where the man is lurking, who sets on him unawares.at dark lurk (n.) under lurk, n.
Shields Daily Gaz. 7 July 3/5: He becomes a Radical member of Parrliament. He becomes not merely a make-bate and a firebrand [...] He descends to [...] false witness.at make-bate (n.) under make, v.
Shields Dly Gaz. 5 Mar. 2/5: Croakers [...] pull a long face, give a series of portentous sighs, and solm,enly deliver themselves of the cant that never [...] was England so sore bestead as now.at croaker, n.1
Shields Dly Gaz. 27 July 4/3: In the eighteenth lap, Weber took up the running but at about three miles a splendid spurt from Cripps caused Chambers to cry a go.at cry a go (v.) under cry, v.
Shields Daily Gaz. 12 May 4/3: A certain young ‘knight of the quill’ [...] in the possession of a wife and several children.at ...the quill under knight of the..., n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 15 July 2/4: The children were starving [...] while the prisoner lived 'in full feather'.at in full feather under feather, n.
Shields Dly Gaz. 21 Aug. 8/5: Law sakes, Mr Ferguson! [...] missus done gone ’way.at law sakes! (excl.) under laws!, excl.
Shields Dly Gaz. 24 Dec. 6/5: Yer can’t fool dis kid. Ten or my name’s Walker.at my name is Walker, phr.
Shields Dly Gaz. 24 Dec. 6/5: You are a nice old jay to talk about telling the truth, you are.at jay, n.1
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