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Eve. News (London) 21 Sept 4 1: The complainant called her father a liar, ‘a bester and a crawler.’ [F&H].at bester (n.) under best, v.
Eve. News (London) 21 Sept 4 1: The complainant called her father a liar, ‘a bester and a crawler.’ [F&H]. Eve. News (London) n.p.: One man who had put his name for the ‘butcher’ or croaker, would suddenly find that he had three ounces of bread less to receive, and then a scene would ensue [B&L].at butcher, n.1
Eve. News 20 Aug. in (1909) 133/1: A correspondent of Notes and Queries has been troubling his mind about the use of the slang word ‘flapper’ as applied to young girls. Another correspondent points out that a ‘flapper’ is a young wild duck which is unable to fly, hence a little duck of any description, human or otherwise. The answer seems at first sight frivolous enough, but it is probably the correct solution of this interesting problem all the same.at flapper, n.2
Eve. News 10 Feb. in (1909) 131/1: Then they thought his objection to the spending of £20 on a lecture – and its necessary or needful accompaniments on the interesting and entertaining subject of ‘ Bacteriology’ too much of a good thing, so they had him ‘ fired’ from the meeting.at fire, v.2
Eve. News 1 Aug. 6/5: One thing is certain, and that is that the Commissioner, for the next six months, is going to be busier than a one-armed paper-hanger with the itch.at busy as a one-armed paper-hanger (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
Eve. News (London) 4 Aug. 10/1: What is a doddypoll?at doddypoll, n.
Eve. News 9 July 11/2: There are the ‘fly pitches’, spots [...] where the cheap-jacks take their stand [...] Whenever you see a really big crowd collected [...] you can be sure that one or other of the familiar fly-pitchers of London is doing his stuff.at fly-pitch (n.) under fly, v.
Eve. News Harrisburg, PA) 27 Jan. 1/6: Tokyo radio said the the results of the meeting between [the allies] were ‘all talk and no cider’.at all talk and no cider under talk, v.
Eve. News (London) 31 Oct. cited in (1960).at careless talk, n.
Eve. News 18 May [NBC-TV] When ‘Sgt. Pepper’ came out, he went bazookas [HDAS].at bazookas, adj.
Eve. News (London) 17 Aug. 2: Sometimes they swap their City suits and brollies for overalls.at brolly, n.
Eve. News (London) 17 Aug. 1: He would ask us to give him shots in the rear end.at rear end, n.
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