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(con. c.1913) London Town 91: The cuffs exactly so-and-so.at so-and-so, adj.
(con. c.1913) London Town 91: The cuffs exactly so-and-so. London Town 156: Having satisfied himself that he was not being ‘got at’.at get at, v.
London Town 106: Youthful Tommy Atkins.at Tommy Atkins, n.
(con. c.1900s) London Town 82: I’m all right, except for a beast of a cold in my beautiful nose.at beast of a… (n.) under beast, n.
(con. 1900s) London Town 107: ‘Jolly good luck to the gurl who loves a soldier! / Gurrls! Have you been there?’ Again comes the appreciative roar from the gods mingled with shrill giggles.at been there, phr.
London Town 240: So it has come about that the purely ridiculous spectacle of a posse of Big Fours, or Gigantic Fives, or Colossal Forties [...] holding up a roomful of respectable citizens supping and dancing, while names are taken and contents of glasses sampled, excites little or no comment.at big four (n.) under big, adj.
London Town 305: ‘Tapping,’ ‘prossing,’ or ‘ear-biting’ was strictly forbidden in the club precincts.at ear-biting, n.
London Town 309: Whom he mollified by visiting all the ‘sporting drums and knowing blades’ in Cockneydom.at blade, n.
London Town 52: Why the crimson, blue-black Hades don’t you send down the carmine rope, you blank, blank, blank?at blank, n.
London Town 196: Provided she was wholesome, passable as to looks, and had never blotted her moral copy-book.at blot one’s copybook, v.
London Town 131: Ah want some brass for the evening!at brass, n.1
London Town 90: His career outside the theatre [...] light-hearted, high-couraged, stony-broke.at stone broke, adj.
London Town 312: The dog chanterer first of all looked down the columns of the newspapers [...] to see what dogs were advertized for.at chanter, n.
London Town 190: The faithful army of chuckers-out would at once pounce on them.at chucker-out, n.
London Town 240: Their friends ‘chummed’ up with the dancing instructresses.at chum along with (v.) under chum, v.
London Town 310: He could see they were clippers, and worth, at least, £50 a head.at clipper, n.2
London Town 244: In the pre-war days one was content to call these resorts ‘cock-and-hen’ clubs.at cock-and-hen club (n.) under cock, n.3
London Town 110: ’Arf a mo, cockie!at cocky, n.1
(con. c.1904) London Town 267: ‘By Cripes, I’ve got it!’ he cried.at cripes!, excl.
(con. c.1910) London Town 305: When I get there, e’d cut ’is lucky.at cut one’s lucky (v.) under cut, v.2
London Town 156: Doing one another’s ‘dags’ for the entertainment of the amiable stranger.at dags, n.1
(con. c.1900s) London Town 81: Maisie is a daisy! / Maisie is a dear!at daisy, n.
London Town 99: What dogs we were in those days!at dog, n.2
(con. c.1910) London Town 306: A dollop of gum.at dollop, n.
(con. c.1920) London Town 274: Looks a trifle dotty on his pins.at dotty, adj.
London Town 302: He has with his own hands removed the paper from the fag ends of the cigarettes he has collected.at fag end, n.
London Town 156: Mullins [...] carried the ‘flimsy’ to his employers.at flimsy, n.
London Town 310: Kendillon was known to the London ‘fancy’ as a good judge of dogs and a ‘fly man’.at fly man (n.) under fly, adj.
London Town 307: Even the bloomin’ gippies had tumbled.at gippy, n.
London Town 287: Here’s a pretty go.at go, n.1
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