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Sketches in London 246: The case of the man who had been upwards of forty years a prisoner in the Bastile.at bastille, n.
Sketches in London 246: The case of the man who had been upwards of forty years a prisoner in the Bastile. Sketches in London 64: You blundering blockhead.at blockhead, n.1
Sketches in London 162: One of them [penny theatre] [...] is usually filled in every part; or as the proprietors say is honoured with ‘brilliant and overflowing audiences’.at brilliant, adj.
Sketches in London 70: ‘I took the chap,’ – an odd term to apply to one’s wife, – ‘I took the chap on the faith of a good character I got of her from one of her former acquaintances.’.at chap, n.
Sketches in London 116: I say, Sir, you hold your chat.at chat, n.3
Sketches in London 52: When a prisoner is first confined within the walls, he is entitled to what is termed a ‘chum ticket,’ which is a small piece of paper on which one of the officers of the prison, called the chum-master, writes the name of the party, with the number of the room in which he is to be ‘chummed’.at chum, v.
Sketches in London 52: When a prisoner is first confined within the walls, he is entitled to what is termed a ‘chum ticket,’ which is a small piece of paper on which [...] the chum-master writes the name of the party, and the number of the room in which he is to be ‘chummed’.at chum-ticket (n.) under chum, n.
Sketches in London 385: They were [...] notoriously in the pay of the keepers of flash-house, and other places for the concoction of schemes for the commission of crime.at flash house (n.) under flash, adj.
Sketches in London 160: Penny Theatres, or ‘Gaffs,’ as they are usually called.at gaff, n.1
Sketches in London 355: There are men of very high rank [...] who are retained for such purposes by one or two of the largest gaming establishments in the metropolis. They are called Greeks.at Greek, n.
Sketches in London 355: In all the gaming-houses of any note, there are unprincipled reckless persons in the pay of hellites.at hellite (n.) under hell, n.
Sketches in London 39: ‘Now, then, Mick Ryan, my honey!’ said the Irishman.at honey, n.1
Sketches in London 213: He again put both his ugly hoofs on it.at hoof, n.
Sketches in London 202: ‘That is his right name,’ insisted the knight of the bludgeon.at knight of the..., n.
Sketches in London 175: It’s so like – jist the thing.at like, adv.
Sketches in London 202–203: Illus. The Lock-up house.at lockup, n.
Sketches in London 173: They thought there was a screw loose in the upper part of my machinery.at machinery, n.
Sketches in London 64: ‘You blundering blockhead, you nineteenth part of a man’ shouted his lately slumbering adversary.at nineteener, n.
Sketches in London 216: Go home to Paddy’s Land, you spalpeen of an Irishman.at paddy land (n.) under Paddy, n.
Sketches in London 57: It tastes queerish, old chap.at queer, adj.
Sketches in London 55: Them ’ere saussengers were good ’uns.at sassinger, n.
Sketches in London 207: Sawney held his head down, and muttered something.at Sawney, n.
Sketches in London 55: I could not help compassionating poor Snip [...] patching the tattered corduroy unmentionables of the poor mechanics of the Bench.at snip, n.
Sketches in London 87: His toes began to peep out between the soles and uppers of his ‘understandings’ — as he sometimes facetiously called his boots.at understandings, n.1
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