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Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book choose

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[UK] ‘Do You See Anything Green About Me’ in Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 8: A Clod-hopping country clown, / And rough as a badger was I, / When I first arrived up in town.
at ...a badger’s arse under rough as..., adj.
[UK] ‘The Werry last of Dustmen!’ in Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 7: Ve don’t vant bread and vater— / For me and chuck have always stuck, / Together like bricks and mortar! / It’s all U.P. &c.
at chuck, n.3
[UK] ‘Do You See Anything Green About Me’ Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 8: A Clod-hopping country clown, / And rough as a badger was I, / When I first arrived up in town.
at clodhopping, adj.
[UK] ‘The Werry last of Dustmen!’ in Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 7: My fantail caster— / My gaiters tight, and stockings vhite, / Go seek another master.
at fantail, n.1
[UK] ‘Do You See Anything Green About Me’ in Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 8: That they got the wrong sow by the ear / They saw, when with me they made free, / For I said with a wink and a leer, / ‘Do you see anything green about me?’.
at see any green (in my eye)? under green, n.1
[UK] ‘Do You See Anything Green About Me’ in Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 8: Experience soon came to my aid, / Though once but a regular spoon.
at spoon, n.
[UK] ‘Werry last of Dustmen!’ in Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 6: It’s all U.P. with us d’ye see.
at u.p., adv.
[UK] ‘The World’s an Assortment of Shoes’ in Sam Weller’s Favorite Song Book 4: A minister’s a cobbling wight, / Who thinks the poor nothing but ‘whacks.’.
at whack, n.3
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