1866 Wild Boys of London I 238/2: ‘Wait a bit, you’ll see the guy pull a kite.’ ‘A what Sam?’ ‘A kite, a hugly ugly face I mean.’.at pull a kite (v.) under pull a..., v.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 234/1: We’ll have a peeler in the aery ready, don’t yer brown?at airy, n.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 248/1: I hopes, when I next sees yer, I shan’t have to find yer by going down a patent catch-’em-alive cupboard.at catch ’em-alive, n.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 288/1: They gave him what they call the laws. The laws consisted of pummelling him till he cried out pen-and-ink, after the utterance of which talismanic word, he was released.at pen (and ink), n.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 36/2: Blessed if I don’t get yer kicked out, yer great hanimal; you oughter be ashamed to walk about like that.at animal, n.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 35/2: With a delicacy for which few would have given the wild city Arabs credit, they arranged her garments over her helpless limbs.at arab, n.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 331/2: You’ve saved my bacon and I’m your chum.at save someone’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 29/1: And it’s take the poor woman’s bits o’ sticks you would—bad cess to yer.at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 280/2: The clerk to Messrs. Bam, Boozle and Bam was really the only visible agent of the company.at bam, n.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 37/1: My boots is thick, and them stockings ain’t much good to cover the bark of your shin bone.at bark, n.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 261/1: A pretty silly beggarbo you are [...] Why yer sneaking Pug of a Waddling beggarbo, I’ll make yer look nine ways to Sunday.at beggar, n.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 117/1: ‘Beggared!’ repeated Hallelujah Jack to himself, shaking his fist at the two conspirators. ‘Beggared if they shall be.’.at beggared, adj.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 127/2: There’s a Turkey bloater, for yer! there’s a jolly Hemperor of all the big uns!at bloater, n.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 105/2: ‘Hallo!’ said Hallelujah, ‘if that ain’t Dick Lane’s voice, blow me!’.at blow me!, excl.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 84/2: ‘Let it soak in.’ ‘Soak be blowed, I want to be off.’.at blowed, adj.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 124/1: ‘One of the biled’ll come and shove him out.’ ‘One of the biled?’ exclaimed Lucy. ‘Yes. A sojer,’ returned Sam.at boiled (lobster) (n.) under boiled, adj.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 128/1: ‘Bonnet ’em!’ roared the Dolphin, and suiting the action to the word, he skilfully sent the peeler’s hat over his eyes.at bonnet, v.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 13/2: If it were not that you can remedy the mischief you have done, I would brain you as you sit.at brain, v.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 20/2: We ain’t a-frightened though they can use crackjaw words.at jaw-breaking, adj.
1866 Wild Boys of London I 234/1: We’ll have a peeler in the aery ready, don’t yer brown?at brown, v.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 140/1: Michael noticed a deal of whispering going on between Lady Bet and her bully.at bully, n.1
1866 Wild Boys of London I 23/2: He was removed to a cell to wait the arrival of Her Majesty’s omnibus, which is painted black and made without windows.at Her Majesty’s carriage, n.