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Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: As for me [...] I am on the downright, and I go in for straight begging, without showing anything in my hand.at downright, n.
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: As for me [...] I am on the downright, and I go in for straight begging, without showing anything in my hand. Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: We had scarcely set foot outside the lodging house, when I saw this downrighter dodge in and out of shops with an astonishing alacrity, more like a customer than a beggar.at downrighter, n.
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: I never fail to get the sixteen farthings for my feather (bed), I get all the scrand (food) I can eat; and I seldom lie down at night but what I am half skimished (half drunk), for I assure you I never go short of my skimish.at feather, n.
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 210: If you carry in your hand a decent rake, (comb) a flashy pair of sniffs (scissors) and a card of good links and studs—that is certainly a good bible for a living.at rake, n.1
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: I never fail to get the sixteen farthings for my feather (bed), I get all the scrand (food) I can eat; and I seldom lie down at night but what I am half skimished (half drunk), for I assure you I never go short of my skimish.at scran, n.
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: There is not much profit in a pair of stretchers (laces) or a packet of common sharps (needles).at sharp, n.1
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: I seldom lie down at night but what I am half skimished (half drunk), for I assure you I never go short of my skimish.at skimish, n.
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: I never fail to get the sixteen farthings for my feather (bed), I get all the scrand (food) I can eat; and I seldom lie down at night but what I am half skimished (half drunk), for I assure you I never go short of my skimish.at skimished, adj.
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 210: If you carry in your hand a decent rake, (comb) a flashy pair of sniffs [sic] (scissors) and a card of good links and studs—that is certainly a good bible for a living.at snips, n.1
Autobiog. of a Super-Tramp 211: There is not much profit in a pair of stretchers (laces) or a packet of common sharps (needles).at stretchers, n.
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