1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 55: One day he walked straight into this kitchen clobbered in a pair of rounds, tight to his legs, [...] and ’alf a dollar round his bushell and a long sleeve cadi on his napper.at half-a-dollar, n.1
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 55: One day he walked straight into this kitchen clobbered in a black pair of rounds, tight to his legs, [...] and ’alf a dollar round his bushell and a long sleeve cadi on his napper.at bushel (and peck), n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 48: I always indulge in a little brian or finger in my bohee. Saturday you see is pay day, so I always get a drop for me and old Bottle Nose then.at finger and thumb, n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 41: A lot of retired tradesmen and half-pay officers, all pride and pockets, as we called ’em.at pride-and-pockets, n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 55: Truefitts chucked him, and off he goes on the frog.at on the frog under frog (and toad), n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 12: They all burst out laughing, and one said, ‘John Audley,’ that means ‘Leave off’.at John Audley, phr.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 19: Bad cess to the dhirty blackguards.at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 47: Alright, give me due beonck quatro soldi per run and I’ll bring you the duckets.at beong, n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 13: I should just think you would beg my pardon and to show you mean it stand a couple of shants of bevarly to square the boys.at bev, n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 38: And of course your dear brother artistes go off and tell all their friends how you got the bird.at get the (big) bird (v.) under bird, n.2
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 49: A tall man appeared, with [...] a bird’s eye tie, a white clobber, a black waistcoat, a light-coloured overcoat and a tall white hat.at bird’s eye, n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 28: I had to do banjo now, so I had to black, and very particular they were blacking.at black, v.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 67: When I left you on the course to go on a blind hooky job for the boss.at blind hookey (n.) under blind, adj.1
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 76: We came back and the starter blew me up, and I said it was the oss’s fault.at blow up, v.1
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 91: Drink was all that would chase away the blue devils.at blue devils, n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 21: I had become an acknowledged member of the gutter minstrel profession, [...] though my soul boggled at times at this.at boggle, v.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 45: ‘What say to bohee?’ [...] We fell in with some hot bohee.at George Bohee, n.
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 42: At half-past ten six of us went out black, the bosh faker, the grid faker, two Joes, Tots and Tarblo.at bosh-faker (n.) under bosh, n.2
1893 P.H. Emerson Signor Lippo 12: We never count the denarley on the pitch, but put each man’s bottle into the sack just as it is till sharing time.at bottle, n.2