1868 ‘Do You Really Think She Did?’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 68: She was very fond of oysters, she’d eat till all was blue.at till all is blue, phr.
1868 ‘Richard the Third’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 50: De Duck of Buckingham am taken, / Quickly let us cook his bacon.at cook someone’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
1868 ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 14: And in verses quite witty / I’ll endeavor to do it up brown.at do up brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
1868 ‘Richard the Third’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 49: De bank am bust – I isn’t got a cent.at bust, adj.
1868 ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 15: Like a good comic song or a story, / And a shindig or hop’s ‘hunky dory’ / On the jolly East side of the town.at hunky-dory, adj.
1868 ‘Do You Really Think She Did?’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 69: She could not live with such a flat, I was so very green!at flat, n.2
1868 ‘She Danced Like a Fairy’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 45: He father sold goods on a second-hand plan [...] he now has a ‘hand-me-down’ shop.at hand-me-down shop (n.) under hand, v.
1868 ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ Rootle-Tum Songster 15: Like a good comic song or a story, / And a shindig or hop’s ‘hunky dory’ / On the jolly East side of the town.at hop, n.1
1868 ‘Do You Really Think She Did?’ Rootle-Tum Songster 69: There sat my spouse with her arm round the neck of a horse-marine!at horse marine (n.) under horse, n.
1868 ‘The Famous East Side of Town’ in Rootle-Tum Songster 15: To assist a poor fellow they are willing [...] But insult them, you’re sure of a ‘milling’.at milling, n.
1868 ‘Lively as a Jaybird’ Rootle-Tum Songster 27: I’m that moke called Daddy Stokes, so keep your eye on me, / I’m the darkey that’s got dancing on the brain.at moke, n.2