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in Bentley’s Misc. (1837) Feb. 180: They will follow you close, and never leave you till you draw your purse, or they for you, though they kisse Newgate for it.at kiss the Clink (v.) under kiss, v.
in Bentley’s Misc. (1837) Feb. 180: They will follow you close, and never leave you till you draw your purse, or they for you, though they kisse Newgate for it. in Bentley’s Misc. (1837) Feb. 180: Every finger of theirs is a lime-twigge with which they catch dotterels.at lime-twig, n.
‘Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble’ in Bentley’s Misc. Jan. 52: ‘Lor-a-mussy!’ said Mrs. Tulrumble.at lor-a-massy/-mussy!, excl.
‘Nights At Sea’ Bentley’s Misc. June 625: There I was a-capering ashore, and jumping about like a ring-tail monkey over a banana.at like a..., phr.
‘Love in the City’ in Bentley’s Misc. June 589: Yellow cab upsets a pieman, and green demolishes an establishment of ‘all hot’.at all-hot, n.
‘Love in the City’ in Bentley’s Misc. Aug. 133: Pay the pieman, and mend young ‘All-hot’s’ tins.at all-hot, n.
‘Who Milked My Cow?’ in Bentley’s Misc. Jan. 88: As I passed down Arlington-street, a fellow stared at me and shouted ‘Who are you?’.at who are you?, phr.
‘Plunder Creek’ in Bentley’s Misc. Feb. 126: Massa Backwoodsley often say, ‘Ivory, I whop you, sure as a devil in London;’ and he always do it.at sure as the devil’s in London under sure as..., phr.
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. May 479: ‘Avast, ould chap!’ says I.at avast!, excl.
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. Dec. 613: I’m blessed if ever I seed sich a set o’ baboon-visaged fellows in all my days.at baboon-faced (adj.) under baboon, n.
‘Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble’ in Bentley’s Misc. Jan. 62: Are you going to [...] trace the progress of crime to ’baccer?at bacca, n.
‘Handy Andy’ in Bentley’s Misc. Jan. 26: No, bad cess to you!at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
‘The Wide Awake Club’ in Bentley’s Misc. Feb. 214: ‘Well!’ said the president, ‘may I be spiflicated, – ay, and exspiflicated, – if you have not been humbugging us, Pounce, with a pretty piece of bam!’.at bam, n.1
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. Dec. 616: I was reg’larly bamblustercated.at bamblustercate, v.
‘Nights At Sea’ Bentley’s Misc. Nov. 613: I thinks it’s hardly civil on you to try and bamboxter me arter that fashion.at bamboozle, v.
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. Nov. 471: Whether yon ’s she or not may I be bamfoozled into a kettle-drummer if I know.at bamfoozle, v.
‘Terence O’Shaughnessy’ in Bentley’s Misc. Jan. 41: What do you think, Terence, was his reply? Why, that Miss Mac Teggart might go to Bath, for he would have no call to my swivel-eyed customers.at go to Bath (v.) under Bath, n.
‘Love in the City’ in Bentley’s Misc. June 587: We both were late [...] I, at Vauxhall; and Bob, upon the batter.at batter, n.3
‘Plunder Creek’ in Bentley’s Misc. Feb. 127: ‘Shut your ugly beak, you croaking blackbird!’ interrupted the American.at shut your beak! (excl.) under beak, n.2
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. Dec. 617: I got fairly foozlified, and hove down on my beam-ends as fast asleep as a parish clerk at sarmon time.at beam-ends, n.
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. Mar. 270: Hark! It is four bells.at bell, n.1
‘A Merry Christmas’ Bentley’s Misc. Mar. 266: I see you have got hold of some of our family secrets; but Seaforth was always a blab.at blab, n.
‘Plunder Creek’ in Bentley’s Misc. Feb. 127: ‘Shut your ugly beak, you croaking blackbird!’ interrupted the American.at blackbird, n.1
‘Handy Andy’ in Bentley’s Misc. Feb. 173: Just send me the blister for him, and I’ll engage I’ll stick it on him.at blister, n.1
‘Handy Andy’ Bentley’s Misc. Feb. 173: I tell you I’ll blister him.at blister, v.
‘Terence O’Shaughnessy’ in Bentley’s Misc. Jan. 34: On the evening of a desperate blow-up, we [...] agreed that the old people were fools.at blow-up, n.1
‘Nights At Sea’ Bentley’s Misc. May 476: A reg’lar smart, active, young blowhard of a maintopman.at blowhard, n.1
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. May 479: ‘Werry sorry, my dear,’ says he, shaking his blubber head like a booby.at blubber-head (n.) under blubber, n.2
‘The Blue Wonder’ Bentley’s Misc. May 451: How they manage to do it, I can’t think! [...] It’s a blue wonder to me!at blue, adj.1
‘Nights At Sea’ in Bentley’s Misc. Dec. 618: You may see I’m a blue-jacket.at bluejacket, n.
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