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[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘That’s Not Right’ Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 43: But they don’t care a pin: we may die and be —.
at not care a pin, v.
[UK] C. Blondel ‘We Won’t Go Home Till Morning’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 49: So here we are as merry as grigs, / And here we’ll stay, an’ it please the pigs.
at an’t please the pigs, phr.
[UK] ‘Cheap John’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: Next article is a marvellous go-a-head fishing rod [...] It gets the finny tribe in a line beautiful, and regular strings ’em to rights – with a hook.
at beautiful, adj.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘My Wonderful Nose’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 90: They make ‘Epping sausages, genuine’ [...] And bow-wow and pussey cat cheap pies.
at bow-wow pie (n.) under bow-wow, n.
[UK] ‘Cheap John’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: Look at this ’ere hat – there’s a brimmer!
at brimmer, n.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Browns Ruralising’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 41: As Bill was starting out of town, / On Sunday morning, to do it brown.
at do it brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Daily News’ Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 46: Bubble companies spring up [...] While Jeremy Diddlers do it brown.
at bubble, n.1
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The London Scamp’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 49: That was the same humane old buffer that bought two pairs of gutta-percha goloshes for his tom cat to go out on the tiles in of wet nights.
at buffer, n.3
[UK] ‘Cheap John’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: A tile – a castor – a skull case – a nut-shell.
at castor, n.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Man of Activity’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 72: My chaunt is – I’ve got lots of work to do-oo-oo.
at chant, n.
[UK] ‘Cremorne Chizzled’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 91: Two young swells, who much glory did, / In some mean and chizzling tricks.
at chisel, v.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The London Scamp’ Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 49: Not that I’m up to any dodges – not I: or I should n’t tog up in this style, but come out, first chop, on the cheap, by swindling the tailor!
at first chop, adj.
[UK] T. Ramsay ‘Cookshop Man’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 71: But now we have a law in use To let us cook each other’s goose.
at cook someone’s goose, v.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Mountebank’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 47: Here’s the wondrous talking fish [...] Says plain ‘Mammy,’ calls out ‘damme’ / And can preach like Mr. Spurgeon.
at damme!, excl.
[UK] ‘Soft Place in his Head’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 70: An’ ecod! she found out my soft place.
at ecod!, excl.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘Cheap John’ Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: Shut up your fly-traps and listen to Cheap John.
at flytrap (n.) under fly, n.3
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Browns Ruralising’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 41: They had a boy, about fourteen [...] He knew all slang patter so keen, / From ‘What’s your game’ to ‘All serene’.
at game, n.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Browns Ruralising’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 41: He owned a knacker – thorough-bred [...] With bony limbs and skinny head.
at knacker, n.
[UK] ‘Cheap John’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 51: Talk of macassar, to make your hair grow [...] Mine is the stuff, lads, to put on your knob.
at knob, n.
[UK] ‘Her Tongue Kept Magging’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 19: I have a wife a teazer – a wixen sure is she [...] And her tongue keeps magging, / As she walks by my side.
at mag, v.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘Rob the Rhymer’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 69: Shakespeare be blowed, he never showed Such nouse as me at rhyming.
at nous, n.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The London Scamp’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: Living reckless, gay, and free, [...] Reckoning up society / Like a wido London scamp – A regular downy London scamp.
at wide-o, adj.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Browns Ruralising’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 41: She paddled off, of care no reck.
at paddle, v.1
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘Rob the Rhymer’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 69: Your master looked so well and sleek [...] When he had lots of poshery.
at posh, n.2
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Browns Ruralising’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 42: Brown ever after that mishap, / Stuck to his barrow like a chap / Who didn’t care a single rap / Who chaffed.
at not care a rap (for) (v.) under rap, n.2
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The London Scamp’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: Living reckless, gay, and free, [...] Reckoning up society / Like a wido London scamp – A regular downy London scamp.
at reckon, v.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Browns Ruralising’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 41: And ere they started, got half ripe.
at ripe, adj.
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘The Mountebank’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 47: Here’s the wondrous talking fish [...] Just to view it, sport your pelf.
at sport, v.
[UK] ‘Cheap John’ in Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 50: Hand me over the ‘sugar’ – alias the cash – for it.
at sugar, n.1
[UK] J.A. Hardwick ‘Whitechapel v. Westminster’ Prince of Wales’ Own Song Book 21: The nobs scorn swipes.
at swipes, n.
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