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Daily Mail 13 Apr. 7/2: The Q.H.B. used to devote his attention to the Militia, but the Royal Artillery is now a favourite corps with him... Sent to so many different stations, the chances of detection are less [F&H]. Daily Mail 29 Mar. 5/1: When there are nineteen Frenchmen to four Englishmen they were slightly up the pole [F&H]. Daily Mail 6 Mar. 4/3: Quite a baker’s dozen of would-be testifiers... to the marvellous story of their ‘cures’ [F&H]. Daily Mail 17 Nov. 6, i: What they shudderingly designate a skinner was enjoyed by the majority of the layers when old Fairyfield credited Mr. George Edwardes with the Belper Selling Plate [F&H]. Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4: ‘Buckshee’ (probably derived from back-sheesh, meaning extra rations, or anything over after an issue has been made – buckshee loaf, buckshee ‘fags’, etc.). Daily Mail 9 Oct. 2/3: The assembly of eleven hundred ‘conscientious’ objectors at one spot, Princetown, on Dartmoor, where they are known as ‘conchies’ . Daily Mail 21 June 12: Motor-cyclists who blind along the road . Daily Mail 29 May 15: The Brise-bise Lace Curtain (familiarly called a ‘Brisby’). Daily Mail 12 Oct. 7/2: The great bull point of our manufacturers is their reputation for quality . Daily Mail 7 May 6/4: [U.S. slang] A job, always used when a particular aeroplane is mentioned. Daily Mail 17 Feb. 4/5: The Count Basie riff-number Alright, Okay, You Win, with ripsnorting backing [OED]. in Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 95: If the chaps wanted to carve each other up then it was their affair.
Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 94: The birds and geezers that run shpielers, rubadubs, and casehouses. in Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 94: All you need is a team of tearaways who go around sticking the frighteners on the proprietors of the aforementioned gaffs. in Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 94: The hounds confine themselves for the most part to themselves. in Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 94: The protection racket is probably one of the easiest larks to run in the entire world. in Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 95: One thing which is a million is that he [i.e. a villain] is right for himself which is all that matters to him. in Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 96: They expect everything that comes — including having an unwanted minder who they may have to bung a pony a week. in Daily Mail 18 May in Norman’s London (1969) 94: The tearaway will give him a little persuasion which might take the shape of a stripe across the boat with a razor. Daily Mail 25 Feb. 9/2: M.P.s had admitted that they had been ‘gazoomphed’ by fast-talking racketeers . Daily Mail 8 July [headline] My cheating husband Rod, ten bags of manure and me the bunny-boiler. Daily Mail 30 Aug. 15: He yelled, ‘You’re a f.....g booby!’. Daily Mail 30 Aug. 13: So, how do you solve a problem like Chav TV? Daily Mail 30 Aug. 27: Mr Cici announced it was ‘cherry time’ and he and his pals drove me to a neighbourhood building covered in pictures of naked women. Daily Mail 23 May 🌐 The former Miss Wales shared his bed and they enjoyed a passionate clinch before snuggling up for the night. Daily Mail 30 Aug. 28: ‘Muffin top’ is one of 500 new words [...] in the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary. Daily Mail 30 Aug. 28: A ‘munter’ is an unattractive person, especially a woman. Daily Mail 30 Aug. 27: Did ya ever have a piece of Cuban ass? Daily Mail 30 Aug. 28: A ‘salad dodger’ is a person with an unhealthy diet. Daily Mail 8 Feb. 9: A batty old booby, but dangerous with it.