Green’s Dictionary of Slang
N. Gale ‘Net Practice’ in More Cricket Songs 60: We had a fellow in the School / Whose batting simply was a dream: / A dozen times by keeping cool / And hitting hard he saved the Team.at dream, n.1
N. Gale ‘Uncle Bob Indignant’ in More Cricket Songs 21: By George, there goes the supper-bell! / And yet your duffing Uncle Bob / Has never told you what befell.at duffing, adj.
N. Gale ‘Doctor Cricket’ in More Cricket Songs 35: Stupid lads debase their worth / In feather-headed Folly’s thicket.at feather-headed, adj.
N. Gale ‘The Old Professional’ in More Cricket Songs 35: God knows I’ve muffed some easy chances / Of doing good, like a silly lout.at muff, v.1
N. Gale ‘The Olympians’ in More Cricket Songs 31: The question ran, Was Arthur Mold / Unfairly stigmatised by muffs, / Or did he play a dubious prank?at muff, n.2
N. Gale ‘The Enthusiast’ More Cricket Songs 42: The Major, till the paper comes, / Is by a hundred fidgets shaken; / Upon the tablecloth he drums, / Condemns the toast, pooh-poohs the bacon.at pooh-pooh, v.
no more results