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[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 78: Calling yourself a gentleman [...] riding in this man’s keb, and trying to bilk him out of his money.
at bilk, v.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 39: I don’t want ter be idle. I ain’t on’y my one trade to earn my bread by.
at bread, n.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 74: Look, his little cheek is quite bulged out. I shouldn’t wonder if he had a bull’s-eye in it.
at bull’s eye, n.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 49: Pull yourself together, old chappie, you are looking so chippy!
at chippy, adj.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 106: A Chronic Cockney.
at chronic, adj.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 63: He [... ] strolls out leaving the Y.B. to cherish wild thoughts of ‘chucking up’ the Bar.
at chuck up, v.2
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 40: Them cowards of cops ’ave as much on their ’ands as they kin do with.
at cop, n.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 48: Oh, there’ll be a tremendous crush, of course – they know everybody.
at crush, n.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 74: Isn’t he a duck?
at duck, n.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 84: What’s good form against such infernal fluking?
at fluke, v.2
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 120: ’Old on to your globe, Sir!
at globe, n.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 88: Ga-arn – yer dotty yerself!
at go on!, excl.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 3: Never mind your hump.
at hump, n.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 63: Everyone muffs it at starting.
at muff, v.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 47: She’d ha gien ’em all a proper doin’, sure ’nough!
at sho’ ’nuff, phr.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 7: He giv me the orfice straight about Killivan and Smithton, he did!
at give (someone) the office (v.) under office, n.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 44: Ben’t Tommy a pikin’ of en, tew? Well done, my sonny, go on!
at pike, v.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 29: Tourist with a Twang. Air your Company a Stag-party?
at stag party (n.) under stag, adj.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 7: ‘Excuse me,’ I sez, like that, ‘but are you an American or a German?’ [...] And he sez, ‘No, I’m a Yank.’.
at Yank, n.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 319: They are cures, those blackies!
at blackie (n.) under black, adj.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 295: Look at ’im buzzin’ round!
at buzz, v.1
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 234: You’d ha’ copped ’im if yer’d bin a bit quicker.
at cop, v.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 319: They are cures, those blackies.
at cure, n.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 246: Blank my blanky eyes if I’d ha’ stirred a blanky foot, s’elp me Dash, I wouldn’t!
at s’elp me Dash!, excl.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 322: ’Ere, dry up, Guv’nor.
at dry up, v.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 270: Traitors, hevery man jack of ’em!
at every man jack (n.) under every, adj.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi Ser. 2 111: Now, really, Settee, do try not to footle like this! [Mr Settee subsides.
at footle, v.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 167: Stop, though, suppose she has spotted me? Never can tell with giglamps ... better not risk it.
at gig-lamps, n.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 318: You go on – you don’t green me that w’y.
at green, v.
[UK] ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 234: Ah, she’s got a drop o’ the right stuff in there – see her sniffin at it – it won’t take ’er long to mop up that little lot!
at mop (up), v.
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