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Perils of Pearl Street 123: To sell [notes] at a great loss to the brokers, or, in other words, to get them unmercifully shaved.at shave a note, v.
Perils of Pearl Street 123: To sell [notes] at a great loss to the brokers, or, in other words, to get them unmercifully shaved. Perils of Pearl Street 57: The price, however much the drummers may boast of their cheapness, is, for the most part, actually beyond their value.at drummer, n.3
Perils of Pearl Street 51: Peter Funk [...] is the very imp of deception; [...] his name is sometimes used figuratively to signify any thing which is employed for the purpose of deception or as the sharp ones say, to gull the flats .at Peter Funk, n.
Perils of Pearl Street 123: As I said, at the end of six months we began to be hard-pushed.at hard-pushed (adj.) under hard, adj.
Perils of Pearl Street 161: To be sure, we were obliged to shin it a little now and then, as who has not? Show me a merchant of a year’s standing, who has never shinned it, and I will engage to show you a rare animal.at shin, v.1
Perils of Pearl Street 123: Shinners may be divided into two classes: those who shin from necessity, and those who shin from profit.at shinner, n.
Perils of Pearl Street 77: The fellow takes me for a country dealer. Good! I’ll smoke him.at smoke, v.1
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