1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 214: He fancied it proper to put on his nose before he alighted from the cab. ‘Oh! oh! there’s a conk! there’s a smeller! Oh! oh!’ exclaimed about fifty voices in chorus.at conk, n.1
1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 5: Concocting a criticism on the evening’s performance which certainly was [...] ‘a regular flamer’ .at flamer, n.1
1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 353: Then of course you mean to go the whole quadruped?at go the whole animal (v.) under go the whole..., v.
1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 247: As another opposition buss [sic] passed as he retired, he gave it as his opinion, that in this, his extremity, it was enough to drive a man to make a hole in the water.at make a hole in the water (v.) under hole, n.1
1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 95: No man was ever able to write his own life complete. He’s certain to go off the hooks before he has finished it.at off the hooks under hook, n.1
1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 357: ‘Well done old pigswig!’ cried Horace, giving the Doctor a patronising pat on the shoulder.at pigtail, n.
1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 515: They were standing at a ‘prick in the garter’ table, at which a gentleman had a long piece of list, which he wound round and offered any money that no man could prick in the middle.at prick the garter (n.) under prick, v.2
1840 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 214: He fancied it proper to put on his nose before he alighted from the cab. ‘Oh! oh! there’s a conk! there’s a smeller! Oh! oh!’ exclaimed about fifty voices in chorus.at smeller, n.
1853 H. Cockton Valentine Vox 35: ‘Waiter!’ shouted Valentine [...] when the knight of the napkin [...] approached the fire.at ...the napkin under knight of the..., n.