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Life in St George’s Fields choose

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[UK] in J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 25/2: Carver and gilder, a match maker.
at carver and gilder, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 3: Let other Bucks say what they will, / We’re Bang-up in the Fields.
at bang-up, adj.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 6: He rolled into the Coffee-room to mix with a few of the Surrey birds.
at bird, n.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 21: A blackie, with a pair of wooden legs, filled the office [of chairman].
at blackie (n.) under black, adj.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 6: His absorbent vessels had drained off three bottles of black strap.
at black strap (n.) under black, adj.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 11: Bloods, of every sort and size, / Bloods, who pleasure dearly prize.
at blood, n.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 25/1: Brickish hearty, hard as a brick.
at brickish (adj.) under brick, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 13: Dick was now obliged to give his pal the wink to prepare for budging.
at budge, v.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 8: She had a bit of a turn-up with a poor Pie-man, whom she so belabored over the canister with a poker.
at canister, n.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 10: As he is very full of glib, you must let him have all the jaw-work to himself, and give a holiday to your cat’s meat.
at cat’s meat, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St. George’s Fields 27: Sneezing scoop, snuff box.
at sneezing coffer, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 11: And if we should to college go, / Three months pays every debt we owe.
at college, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 4: A thorough-bred Surrey Cove allows of no place under the sun to stand in comparison.
at cove, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 20: Two men and a woman [...] hailed them to enquire if they were going to the crib.
at crib, n.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 13: If we hadn’t cut the line he’d soon have talk’d us blind.
at cut the line (v.) under cut, v.2
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 6: Dick, who was up to every thing, and down to every thing.
at down, adv.2
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 25: Earwigging, whispering.
at earwigging, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 13: Lest the Doctor should flash the narl, they managed to leave the room unobserved.
at flash the gnarl (v.) under flash, v.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 10: If you can flash the ready you may command every luxury on earth.
at flash, v.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 9: It may be as well [...] to put you fly to a thing or two.
at put (someone) fly (v.) under fly, adj.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 10: As he is very full of glib, you must let him have all the jaw-work to himself.
at glib, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 17: Strike me funny but I’d rather have been blowing a cloud with a pot of heavy before me.
at heavy wet, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 14: Bill placed his canister under the thieving-irons.
at thieving irons, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 22: A Jack Tar (as proxy for the chairman,) sung.
at jack tar, n.1
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 10: As he is very full of glib, you must let him have all the jaw-work to himself.
at jaw-work (n.) under jaw, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 17: Why gigger me if my master didn’t give me an order for common Garden last week.
at jigger!, excl.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 3: Every kiddy who travels with us will confess [...] that Surrey is a world of itself.
at kiddy, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 21: Every thing but what was capable of passing the throat was well secured from the mauleys.
at mauley, n.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 17: Strike me funny but I’d rather have been blowing a cloud with a pot of heavy before me.
at strike me funny! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
[UK] J. Burrowes Life in St George’s Fields 26: Miler a donkey.
at miler, n.
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