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Behind A Bus 84: A cheap excursion for which no one but the tag-rag of the community was eligible.at rag, tag and bobtail, n.
Behind A Bus 84: A cheap excursion for which no one but the tag-rag of the community was eligible. Behind A Bus 137: He could reappear with as many ‘bad ’uns’ as a customer might choose to order. The price paid first hand for the metallic impostures could not have been much.at bad ’un (n.) under bad, adj.
Behind A Bus 127: ‘Ye’ll no keep the bawbee, so I tell ye.’ So I penitently refunded the penny.at baubee, n.
Behind A Bus 11: I don’t believe that the wicked little flirt cared a bit for the butcher, but that beef-headed young fellow thought she did.at beefheaded (adj.) under beefhead, n.
Behind A Bus 121: During my long experience ‘behind’.at behind, adv.
Behind A Bus 8: ‘And you would be in a b’ilin’ heat’ (he was simmering, at all events) ‘if you was in my place.’.at boiling, adj.
Behind A Bus 140: I got called over the coals for that.at call over the coals (v.) under call, v.
Behind A Bus 63: In a rage at being ‘choused’ he gave poor Winkle a violent shove.at chouse, v.
Behind A Bus 95: It was the sort of nose to get in the way of a scratch [...] Bow-bridged or ‘conkey,’ as it is vulgarly termed.at conk, n.1
Behind A Bus 113: The poor fellow seemed so cut up, I couldn’t help pitying him.at cut up, adj.1
Behind a Bus 104: That indade he is not, dad, for now I remember him.at dad, n.1
Behind A Bus 135: Danged! that is ork’ard now.at dang!, excl.
Behind A Bus 41: It made people who had money about them nervous and fidgety, and caused them to feel every minute or two that their purse was safe, thus giving the ‘dipper’ the tip where to fish for it.at dipper, n.2
Behind A Bus 105: I found his hand in my pocket where my money was. And then I ‘downed’ him with my stick.at down, v.3
Behind A Bus 136: A more flagrant ‘duffer’ in shape of a half-sovereign was never tendered that that.at duffer, n.1
Behind A Bus 97: I was in a terrible funk then.at funk, n.2
Behind A Bus 22: If I had not been in such a red-hot hurry.at red-hot, adj.
Behind A Bus 89: I got with queer company and gambled away my money, and wasted time till I was right down on the knucklebone.at down on the knuckle under knuckle, n.
Behind A Bus 89: It couldn’t be done at the price, unless of course a chap moulted his mouldys.at mouldies, n.
Behind A Bus 45: Well, Jenny, we are nicked.at nicked, adj.1
Behind A Bus 24: Had it been a nice-looking gal, I could have made allowance, but a winegar-faced old crow, like what she is, you ought to feel ashamed of yourself.at old crow (n.) under old, adj.
Behind A Bus 134: I was once seven and sixpence to the good, and that at the expense of as clever a ‘planter’ as ever dealt in ‘sours’. [...] ‘Planting the sours’ was an iniquity not unknown among conductors themselves.at plant, v.1
Behind A Bus 137: He used to retail ‘queer’ sixpences at 2s. a dozen.at queer, adj.
Behind A Bus 79: ‘Been having a row with the master?’ I asked her. ‘Just a bit of a shinty,’ replied the young virago.at shindy, n.
Behind A Bus 69: Me and Poll have had a slap at trying to save it up.at have a slap (at) (v.) under slap, n.2
Behind A Bus 134: ‘Smashing’ is the vulgar term for this branch of roguery [...] but among the fraternity it is known as ‘planting the sours’.at plant the sour (v.) under sour, n.
Behind A Bus 151: It was a dead certainty, as I told you, and I went in for it thick.at thick, adv.
Behind A Bus 12: Of course he isn’t togged up on week days.at togged up (to the nines) (adj.) under togged, adj.
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