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Empire (Sydney) 23 Apr. 4/1: A Shingle Short — Mary Ann Pusey was brought up for striking a lady [...] without any assignable reason.at shingle short, a, adj.
Empire (Sydney) 23 Apr. 4/1: A Shingle Short — Mary Ann Pusey was brought up for striking a lady [...] without any assignable reason. Empire (Sydney) 3 Oct. 3/1: [N]or is it infrequent to find members of this class [i.e ‘the natty beau of the Domain’] launching into the flash slang so generally indulged in here.at natty, adj.
Empire (Sydney) 17 Oct. 2/4: [in context of mining] From the hill at the Razorback side of Oakey, the Messrs. Owen [...] are ‘humping the swag’ to the washing hole, and doing fairly; but the labour is immense.at hump one’s swag (v.) under swag, n.1
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Empire (Sydney) 8 May 2/7: Mr. Kettle then asked if Lord Montagne was not drunk - if he was ever sober, and if his right name was not Lord Lushington.at Lushington, n.
Empire (Sydney) 21 Jan. 2/6: Mr. Horne made chase, but it being a dark night, [...] they succeeded in making their escape, although Mr. Horne fired his pistol at them, and so close as to go through the wool of Wickaty Wee’s ‘cobbera’ .at cobbera, n.
Empire (Sydney) 29 May 5/5: The cards [...] were of different sizes [...] (This pack, known in slang language as the Magman’s Bible.) Had the cards of the black suits longer than the rest, and those of the red suits broader thus rendering it easy for a sharper to cut to whichever colour he pleased.at magsman, n.
Empire (Sydney) 16 Feb. 8/4: [A] tall man, with brandy blossoms on his face.at brandy blossom (n.) under blossom, n.2
Empire (Sydney) 27 July 5/5: ‘A Botany Bay Bagman’ / Says they, with lots of cash / We saw on Epsom Course / A coming of it flash.at bagman, n.
Empire (Sydney) 27 July 5/5: ‘A Botany Bay Bagman’ / Says they, with lots of cash / We saw on Epsom Course / A coming of it flash.at flash, adv.
Empire (Sydney) 27 July 5/5: A very clever man / We see has reached our isle / ‘’Tis a right ’un and a tight ’un,’ / said Derby with a smile.at right one (n.) under right, adj.
Empire (Sydney) 27 July 2/6: The minstrels sat in a row of which the two extremities were respectively occupied by Mr Pell [...] himself was ‘bones’ — for the word at last came to denote the player as well as the instrument.at bones, n.2
Empire (Sydney) 6 May 2/6: The first thing that strikes one [...] is the frequent reference to ‘fast’ and ‘Ioose’ fish. In the slang vocabulary [...] these phrases mean pretty much the same thing — i.e. a gentleman who has somewhat of a contempt for the proprieties and moralities.at loose fish (n.) under fish, n.1
Empire (Sydney) 29 Apr. 3/4: [A]lthough he did not display tho hardened, careless spirit known in slang term as ‘game,’ yet throughout the short period since his condemnation, he manifested the coolness and determlnation of a man of the strongest nerve.at game, n.
Empire (Sydney) 23 July 2/5: If she thinks you can knock along in Sydney until your uncle sees the error of his ways [...] then I say, squat! settle! don’t budge an inch!at knock along (v.) under knock, v.
Empire (Sydney) 31 May 3/4: [A] match for £10 [...] between Mr. Keighran’s horse Nigger and Mr. McAlister's Bristler.at nigger, n.1
Empire (Sydney) 17 Mar. 2/6: [from Dly Telegraph, London]The famous, or rather infamous, Cognita, or Anonyma, or Perdita, or Lucífera, or Diavoletta, as [...] euphemism may call the creature, [...] has levanted.at anonyma, n.
Empire (Sydney) 17 Mar. 2/6: [from Dly Telegraph, London] She has run away, or absconded, or bolted with a gentleman of good family.at bolt, v.
Empire (Sydney) 2 Sept. 5/3: it is a manifest breach of right, an unjust aggression on the interests of a fellow man, when an employer compels those who serve him to take goods supplied by himself, at an exorbitant rate, instead of the money to which they are fairly entitled. [...] such a mode of extortion, commonly called the ‘Tommy truck system,’ has been practised to a great extent.at tommy shop (n.) under tommy, n.2
Empire (Sydney) 15 Feb. 2/3: The darnation yankee.at darnation, adj.
Empire (Sydney) 15 Feb. 2/2: Ye is a outdacious, dingnation, nat’ral borned fool.at dingnation, adj.
Empire (Sydney) 24 Apr. 8/5: [He] procured some $40 or £50 worth of goods, including a wedding ring, from an industrious storekeeper [...] and, asking for a few matches, rode away with his companion ‘Five-fingured Jack’.at five-finger discount (n.) under five-finger(ed), adj.
Empire (Sydney) 5 Feb. 3/1: Recently bis money began to grow scarce and his charmers affection cooled proportionately, in other words she began to ‘throw off on him,’ as the slang phrase goes.at throw off, v.
Empire (Sydney) 6 Mar. 3/3: [from Dly News, London, 2/12/1864] We looked in vain [...] for ‘shevvle,’ a term recently introduced as a genteel designation for cats’ meat, and evidently derived from cheval, French for horse, as mutton from mouton, &c .at shevvle, n.
Empire (Sydney) 16 Oct. 6/2: A little bit of a larrikin, T—, but it won’t do here, you know.at larrikin, n.
Empire (Sydney) 1 Aug. 3/1: There are not wanting those who insinuate that Lady Ellzabeth was what in racing slang they termed a ‘boiled un’ — that, in fact, she was not to win.at boilover (n.) under boil, v.
Empire (Sydney) 19 Oct. 3/2: [He] breasted the tape first, amidst loud cheers.at breast the tapes (v.) under breast (up to), v.
Empire (Sydney) 30 Jan. 4/1: It is often said that the word ‘party’ for a ‘person’ is a slang term. It so, it is at all events ancient slang.at party, n.1
Empire (Sydney) 15 Oct. 3/5: Our readers may imagine his surprise [...] on receiving a letter [...] enquiring what he meant by being ‘delightfully tight?’.at tight, adj.
Empire (Sydney) 27 July 5/5: He told the Sydney swells — Who chaffed him most severe.at swell, n.1
Empire (Sydney) 3 Dec. 3/1: [The] time-honoured baron of beef, and the luscious ‘alderman hung in chains’.at alderman in chains (n.) under alderman, n.
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