1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 94: I tried hard, but I couldn’t ‘save my bacon’.at save one’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 56: Well, if that don’t beat the Dutch!at beat the Dutch, v.
1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 54: Larkins, tell the band to strike up a perfect crash. I’m bound to choke Rasher off, if I have to drownd the whole company in the noise.at choke off, v.
1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 25: O Lud, Rasher, Fitz Simmons and I have had such a day!at lud!, excl.
1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 56: The only comfort I’ve had to-night was when I was resting on the sofa beside Mrs. Moneybags, talking over our new dresses — there!at moneybag(s) (n.) under money, n.
1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 55: My wife has lately grown ambitious, / I tell you she’s a smasher!at smasher, n.2
1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 24: I intend to be a great woman; and if you had one bit or grain of spunk you’d be a great man.at spunk, n.
1884 M.V. Fuller Mrs Rasher’s Curtain Lectures 95: I told a prodigious whopper about our leaving so suddenly.at whopper, n.