Green’s Dictionary of Slang
N. Gale ‘To King Cricket’ Messrs Bat and Ball 3: Bewildered Turks have seen a Cockney bang / Half-volleys near the Jordan.at bang, v.1
N. Gale ‘The Favourite’ in Messrs Bat and Ball 38: You and I, / As snowbound fancy often chooses, / Upon our hearthrug will defy / The Leg-Break Merchant and his ruses.at merchant, n.
N. Gale ‘Nan’ in Messrs Bat and Ball 41: She, Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, / Must feed on joy or suffer bane / When rival Roses take the field / In narky mood at Bramall Lane.at narky, adj.
N. Gale ‘The Ball’ in Messrs Bat and Ball 26: Telegraphs to sons and Paters / Earls, policemen, Dukes and waiters.at pater, n.
N. Gale ‘Nan’ in Messrs Bat and Ball 41: Her hero – Herbert Sutcliffe – smiles / His Century-smile in cricket togs.at togs, n.
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