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Eve. Standard (London) 26 June : These men are denominated in the slang phraseology swell burz-men [sic], and any thing less than a good watch, or a well-lined pocket-book, is perfectly beneath their notice.at swell buz(z)man (n.) under buz, n.
Eve. Standard (London) 26 June : These men are denominated in the slang phraseology swell burz-men [sic], and any thing less than a good watch, or a well-lined pocket-book, is perfectly beneath their notice. Eve. Standard (London) 4 Mar. 6/4: I trist [...] Ashton-under-Lyme will provide itself with a member who does not represent the ‘schism-shop’ interest.at schism-shop, n.
Eve. Standard 24 Apr. n.p.: Benedict came down a burster, and was out of the race [F&H].at burster, n.1
Eve. Standard (London) 21 June 5/3: The Defendant [...] said he only told the officer that he was so sharp that he ‘had been eating vinegar with a fork’.at eat vinegar with a fork (v.) under eat, v.
Eve. Standard 16 Aug. n.p.: ‘The Competition Wallah.’ The crammer follows in the wake of competitive examinations as surely as does the shadow the body [F&H].at crammer, n.
Eve. Standard 9 Nov. 1/1: We describe the betting upon a moral certainty as being all Lombard-street to a china orange.at Lombard Street to a china orange, phr.
Eve. Standard 24 Dec. 4, 5: When one, or both, of two proficient antagonists at any sport have taken the needle... the result, nine times out of ten, is an improvement in the exhibition [F&H].at take the needle (v.) under needle, n.
Eve. Standard 23 Sept. 3/3: King Moneybags [...] The Rule of the Millionaire.at moneybag(s) (n.) under money, n.
Eve. Standard (Dundee) 25 Dec. 4/5: An actress lodged a complaint against a gorgeous knight of the industry who called himself Lord Leicester [...] The woman [...] accused the spurious nobleman of having stolen from her a pair of earrings.at ...(the) industry under knight of the..., n.
Eve. Standard (Ogden City, UT) 30 Dec. 6/4: I know a girl [...] who is dead nuts to go on the stage.at dead nuts, adv.
Eve. Standard (Ogden City, UT) 27 Mar. 2/2: I enforced the law against disorderly saloons and chop-suey joints.at chop suey joint (n.) under chop suey, adj.
Eve. Standard (Ogden City, UT) 6 Sept. n.p.: Dirty Big Business and Corrupt Politics have combined to beat Theodore Roosevelt.at dirty, adj.
Eve. Standard 19 Aug. cited in (1960).at bread and butter, n.2
Eve. Standard 19 Aug. in DSUE (1984).at puff and dart, n.
Eve. Standard 19 Aug. in DSUE (1984).at comical farce, n.
Eve. Standard 28 May 10: [cartoon caption] Prime Minister Blimp: ‘Gad, sir, the Air League is right. We must oppose all proposals for the abolition of military aviation.’.at blimp, n.1
Eve. Standard (London) 11 Sept. 7/3: Oh, the mice are at it! I think we want Tibby here.at tibby, n.1
Eve. Standard 19 Apr. n.p.: Pakistanis living in terror of the ‘paki-basher’ mobs of skinheads [DSUE].at Paki-basher (n.) under Paki, n.
Eve. Standard 17 Aug. 13: The baggy trousers he wore had nothing on the drainies of the local Teds.at drainies, n.
Eve. Standard 17 Aug. 13: My dad snaffled some glossy stills of Elvis from his newspaper office.at snaffle, v.
Eve. Standard 17 Aug. 13: The baggy trousers he wore had nothing on the drainies of the local Teds.at have something on someone (v.) under something, n.
Eve. Standard 17 Aug. 13: He went through the sweat of fixing to see Elvis.at sweat, n.
Eve. Standard 20 Mar. 19: He makes no secret of the fact that he believes in the yuppy-bashing campaign, although he maintains he takes no part in violent acts.at bashing, n.
Eve. Standard 2 Mar. 24: First identified in America, Yuppy stands for Young Upwardly Mobile Professional.at yuppie, n.
Eve. Standard 5 Mar. 8: Colin is scathing about the yuppification of the East End.at yuppification (n.) under yuppie, n.
Eve. Standard 19 Mar. 39: The police advise anyone who moves into converted or renovated property in newly yuppified areas to change their locks immediately.at yuppified (adj.) under yuppie, n.
Eve. Standard (London) 19 Apr. 6/3: ‘The original report would have bored the knickers off most of the governors’.at bore the pants off (v.) under pants, n.
Eve. Standard Mag. 4 June 1: You see? This is exactly why. April showers. Apey. Ape. It puts men off.at ape, adj.
Eve. Standard 28 May 51: Something will have gone terribly wrong if it doesn’t go ballistic at the box office.at go ballistic (v.) under ballistic, adj.
Eve. Standard 28 May 60: Moving from hip-happy salsa to beach-bum languor.at beach bum (n.) under beach, n.
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