1879 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 27 June 4/5: Now, there’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. There’s dead loads of good chances in that.at dead loads (n.) under dead, adv.
1879 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 31 Oct. 4/3: Allright [...] I’ll only patronise sentimental good-natured eating-house men. Now, I’m going across the way [...] to the opposition hash-house.at hash-house, n.
1879 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 15 May 3/2: [headline] Uneasiness in Kaffirland.at Kaffirland (n.) under kaffir, n.
1883 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 23 Oct. 2/2: I once got £573 in one dip [...] out of a gentleman’s pocket.at dip, n.1
1883 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 23 Apr. 2/3: She stated that she had given birth to a child [...] and that she had [...] hid it underneath the jawbox in her father’s kitchen.at jarbox, n.
1884 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 2 Oct. 2/3: The ‘hot potato — all hot’ business [...] is not sufficient to supply the craving of the purchasers of roasted ‘murphies’.at murphy, n.1
1885 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 4 Aug. n.p.: Mr Fresh (the silly ‘bloke’), / Who does his cash in Wall Street soak, / And goes home later, flat-dead broke — That’s a lamb.at flat broke, adj.
1885 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 4 Aug. n.p.: Mr Fresh (the silly ‘bloke’), / Who does his cash in Wall Street soak, / And goes home later, flat-dead broke — That’s a lamb.at lamb, n.1
1886 Aberdeen Eve. Express 17 May 4/2: He no sooner had the words out of his mouth than ‘biff’ went a canvasman’s fist in his face.at biff!, excl.
1886 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 12 July 4/1: He required Joseph Ryan to ‘keep cave’ while he gathered up the coin.at keep cave (v.) under keep, v.
1887 Aberdeen Eve. Express 28 Feb. 2/1: The knight of the needle must have been one of those excellent persons who never prophesy unless they know.at ...the needle under knight of the..., n.
1888 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 30 May 4/1: It is as easy as falling off a log to be a philanthropist with other people’s money.at easy as falling off a log, adj.
1888 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 10 Nov. 4/1: I wonder is that a hint to me to [...] be only ‘daisypicker’ whenever [...] accompanying you and him in your walks.at daisy-picker (n.) under daisy, n.
1888 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 13 Mar. 8/5: IMr inglis considered that a somewhat left-handed compliment.at left-handed compliment (n.) under left-handed, adj.
1888 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 7 June 4/1: In aiming a kiss at a Chicago girl’s mouth and missing it [...] he must have had the blind staggers.at staggers, n.
1889 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 15 June 2/6: The bookseller, who he depicts [...] as ‘very tall, thin, ungainly, white-faced, splay-footed and baker-kneed’.at baker-kneed, adj.
1890 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 27 Mar. 2/8: A sad case of child murder [...] the body was lying in the jaw-box.at jarbox, n.
1892 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 27 July 3/1: [The] witness explained that he was a ‘nickum’ [...] Francis found a ‘quid’ of tobacco on him, and accused him of stealing a penny to buy it.at nickum, n.
1893 Aberdeen Eve. Express 21 Mar 3/2: We have got a blank blank old general here who’s mad on it, and we are here on fatigue duty.at blank, n.
1893 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 14 Jan. 2/3: The ‘cushion cuffer’, the soporiphic drawler may be endured, but the cleric who [etc.].at cushion-cuffer (n.) under cushion, n.
1893 Aberdeen Exp. 16 Oct. 4/8: ‘Where’s Mrs Gabber?’ [...] ‘Somebody told her an important secret and she has been out and about all day going from house to house visiting friends’.at gabber, n.2
1893 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 6 Apr. 5/2: ‘Don’t get gay,’ warned the copper.at get gay (with) (v.) under gay, adj.
1893 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 20 Jan. 2/6: Leave me [...] Petty abroad, and at home Jerry Sneak. Yes, I must have my Quizzes.at jerry sneak, n.1
1893 Aberdeen Eve. Express 21 Mar 3/2: One day, taking an early stroll in mufti, he saw three or four pirates raking about.at mufti, n.
1893 Aberdeen Eve. Exp. 20 Jan. 2/6: Leave my Chancellor Pepys, so grave and so greasy / [...] / Oh! leave me Spring Rice, so pert, yet so looney — / And Pallet, whom Lady — christened her Spooney. / Yes, leave me my Quizzes, for out of all question / A laugh, when one dines, is a help to digestion.at quiz, n.
1893 Aberdeen Eve. Express 21 Mar 3/2: One day, taking an early stroll in mufti, he saw three or four pirates raking about.at rake, v.1