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letter 21 Jan. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 15: It was to meet Brogden and Col. Porter, two cursed rum touches that he has persuaded to vote with him and to desert Fox.at rum touch (n.) under rum, adj.
letter 21 Jan. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 15: It was to meet Brogden and Col. Porter, two cursed rum touches that he has persuaded to vote with him and to desert Fox. letter 10 July in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 48: Poor Charlotte was rather ‘in the basket,’ for you know Ogles and Greys do not take much pains to make a stranger comfortable.at in the basket under basket, n.1
letter 19 Feb. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 78: The physician’s name is Dr. Knighton, accoucheur (as Grey says) to Poll Raffle, Wellesley’s Cyprian.at Cyprian, n.
letter 18 Oct. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 104: To play second fiddle to Brougham [...] would not be worth a dam.at not worth a damn, phr.
letter May in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 95: As good an opponent of the Tory Government as if he had been an out-and-out Radical.at out-and-out, adj.
letter 5 Oct. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 103: I am as happy as a grig with little Thet, and don’t care a damn for Liverpool.at happy as..., adj.
letter ? May in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 94: We sat this morning till four [...] so am knocked up and can add no more.at knocked up, adj.
letter 14 June in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 117: He came to Lady Salisbury on Sunday from his own dinner beastly drunk.at beastly, adv.
letter 23 Jan. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 179: She is like one of her gold and silver musical dickey birds. [...] She begins to sing at eleven o’clock.at dicky-bird, n.1
letter 7 May in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 223: A slight thunderstorm came on, and, according to invariable custom, my lady bolted.at bolt, v.
in letter n.d. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 232: One booby says it is the Poor Rate – another the Tithe.at booby, n.1
letter 16 Mar. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 223: I was introduced [...] to Lady Anne, who to my mind, has neither beauty nor elegance nor manners to recommend her, but if ever I saw a deep one, it is her.at deep, adj.
letter in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 233: Brougham has been bidding £15,000 for two farms in Westmorland. The seller has taken time to consider, and, if he does not nail him, he must have found one as insane as himself.at nail, v.
letter 3 June in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 247: She sent a message by her ‘brother Brougham’ to come to her next Monday, and stay and be one of the supper click.at click, n.2
letter 11 Aug. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 265: My eye, what a spot for a ‘walky, walky’.at my eye(s)!, excl.
letter 22 Aug. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 266: The old girl has a jointure of £5,000 a year.at old gal, n.
letter 6 Mar. in Gore Creevey Papers (1948) 308: Well, the Whig croaking must end now. The Beau is immortalised by his views and measures as detailed by Peel.at croak, v.1
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