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(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 335: All hands ripping the blubber off a sizeable whale in the same ‘anyhow’ fashion.at anyhow, adj.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 335: All hands ripping the blubber off a sizeable whale in the same ‘anyhow’ fashion. (con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 1: I dodged about London streets, a ragged Arab, with wits sharpened by the constant fight for food.at arab, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 39: He was severely handicapped by his crew [...] two of them were now temporarily incapable of either good or harm. They had gone quite ‘batchy’ with fright.at batchy, adj.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 86: The [...] hurrying wind will take no denial, and you’ve got to ‘git up an’ git,’ as the Yanks put it. Such a time succeeded our ‘batterfanging’ about, after losing the trades.at batter-fang, v.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 330: The first man I spoke to was Whitechapel to the backbone [...] I desired to know what brought him so far from the ‘big smoke.’.at Big Smoke, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 280: I once shipped, unwittingly, as sailing-master of a little white schooner in Noumea, bound to Apia, finding when too late that she was a ‘blackbirder’ – ‘labour vessel,’ the wise it call.at blackbirder, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 43: Moreover, we were informed that he ‘wouldn’t have no adjective skulking’ [...] after wasting the ship’s time and property in such a blanked manner.at blanked, adj.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 139: They do believe that the mythical sea-serpent is ‘boomed’ at certain periods, in the lack of other subjects.at boom, v.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 172: ‘Pretty fine ground this’s got ter be!’ growled the old man. ‘Caint strike whale ’thout bein’ crowded out uv yer own propputty by a gang bunco steerers like this.’.at bunco steerer (n.) under bunco, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 319: The slanting rays of the setting sun warned us to return lest we should get ‘bushed’ in the dark.at bush, v.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 22: Anyhow, it killed him promptly, while almost directly after another one [i.e. a whale] saved further trouble by passing in his own checks.at pass in one’s checks (v.) under check, n.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 56: Although no chicken I nearly fainted too, from conflicting emotions of sympathy and impotent rage.at chicken, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 64: Ef yew spects ter fool dis chile wiv any dem lime-juice yarns [...] yew’s ’way off.at child, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 330: Wot cher, chummy; ’ow yer hoppin’ up?at chum, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 126: Shall I be laughed at when I confess that our musical efforts were confined to Sankey’s hymns? [...] Cheap and clap-trap as the music may be, it tasted ‘real good’.at clap-trap, n.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 78: Being unable [...] to masticate his food, [the whale] was compelled to tear it in sizable pieces, bolt it whole, and leave his commissariat department to do the rest.at commissary department, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 198: It was not often we got a chance for a ‘wee bit crack,’ as the Scotch say.at crack, n.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 139: They will talk by the hour of trivialities about which they know nothing; they will spin interminable ‘cuffers’ of debaucheries ashore all over the world.at cuffer, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 236: So glad, so glad you blonga life! No go Davy Jonesy dis time, hay?at go to Davy Jones’s locker (v.) under Davy Jones’s locker, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 281: The skipper, with a twinkling eye, announced that he had ‘dug up’ some rolls of ‘cloth’ (calico).at dig up, v.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 163: When we got to them, there was a pretty how-d’ye-do. All of them were more or less drunk.at how-do-you-do, n.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 57: Captain Slocum improved the occasion by giving us a short harangue, the burden of which was that we had now seen a little of what any of us might expect if we played any ‘dog’s tricks’ on him.at dog trick (n.) under dog, n.2
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 36: Y’r a smart youngster, an’ I’ve kinder took t’yer; but don’t ye look ahead an’ get gallied, ’r I’ll knock ye stiff wi’ th’ tiller.at gallied, adj.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 203: We had heard many glowing accounts from visitors, when ‘gamming,’ of the delights of this well-known port of call. [Ibid.] 338: As soon as we came near enough, ‘gamming’ commenced, for all of us were anxious to know how each other had fared.at gam, v.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 330: I kin do my bit o’ grawft wiv enny on ’em – don’t chu make no bloomin’ herror.at graft, n.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 314: I was grieved to see almost the whole crowd [...] emerge from the grog-shop plentifully supplied with bottles.at grog shop (n.) under grog, n.1
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 162: There was a native town and a couple of low groggeries [...] where some of my shipmates promptly invested a portion of their wealth in some horrible liquor.at groggery, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 71: I’ve seen a hundred ’n fifty bar’l whale lay ’n take his grooel ’thout hardly wunkin ’n eyelid.at take one’s gruel (v.) under gruel, n.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 335: These were ‘homey’ – currants, gooseberries, strawberries – delightful to see, smell, and taste.at homey, adj.
(con. 1875) Cruise of the ‘Cachalot’ 281: Being a rather pretty pattern, [i.e. cloth] it went off like hot pies.at like hot cakes under hot, adj.
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