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[UK] Siliad 206: Do I, for this, his brows with wreaths adorn, / And lubricate his spoke-box every morn.
at spoke-box, n.
[UK] Siliad 82: He the ‘brickeys’ gained, whilst Squiros swore.
at brickie, n.
[UK] Siliad 119: Let our supper be a thing of joy! [...] Let no petroleum ‘cham’ our taste offend, / No logwood port to our disorder tend.
at cham, n.2
[UK] Siliad 181: For Devils, out and out, thou art not fit, / For Devil-dodgers, just the real grit.
at devil-dodger (n.) under devil, n.
[UK] Siliad 189: Ah! a strange fact it is that M.P.-dom, / Emasculates the sense of freedom.
at -dom, sfx
[UK] Siliad 24: Both factions praised my prowess, funked my might; / And with soft sawder strove my aid to gain.
at funk, v.2
[UK] Siliad 181: For Devils, out and out, thou art not fit, / For Devil-dodgers, just the real grit.
at real grit (n.) under grit, n.1
[UK] Siliad 162: Hodge shall think the end is near.
at hodge, n.
[UK] Siliad 99: I, too, O comrade, quantum suff. would cry [F&H].
at quantum, n.
[UK] Siliad 78: There was uproar in the Tory camp, / Jenkines, there, was roundly called a scamp, / And Squiros learnt a speech in which ’twas said / His rival was a traitor and a ‘Red,’ / And bills upon the wall in type of blue / Called him an atheist of the darkest hue.
at red, n.
[UK] Siliad 24: Both factions praised my prowess, funked my might; / And with soft sawder strove my aid to gain.
at soft sawder, n.
[UK] Siliad 97: Where shall we go? The Judge and Jury? No, that’s awful slow.
at slow, adj.
[UK] Siliad 61: Kamdux had snoozed, but now his fat sides shook [F&H].
at snooze, v.
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