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Night in a Workhouse 42: A shout of ‘Slap bang, here we are again!’.at slap-bang, adv.
Night in a Workhouse 42: A shout of ‘Slap bang, here we are again!’. Night in a Workhouse 38: They called him thief, sneak, and ‘crawler.’ Little boys blackguarded him in gutter language.at blackguard, v.
Night in a Workhouse 19: ‘Don’t you tell no bleeding lies,’ Kay answered incredulously.at bleeding, adj.
Night in a Workhouse 19: Blind me, it’s true! Ain’t it, Punch?at blind me!, excl.
Night in a Workhouse 20: I’ve had some rum. Two glasses of it; and a blow out of puddin’ – regler Christmas plum puddin’.at blow-out, n.1
Night in a Workhouse 38: They called him thief, sneak, and ‘crawler.’ Little boys blackguarded him in gutter language.at crawler, n.
Night in a Workhouse 8: ‘Come in,’ said Daddy, very hospitably [...] The porter went his way and I followed Daddy into another apartment where were ranged three great baths.at daddy, n.
Night in a Workhouse 28: The columbine was less fortunate in his opinion. ‘She’s werry dickey! – ain’t got what I call “move” about her.’.at dicky, adj.1
Night in a Workhouse 20: ‘Whereabouts is it?’ I ses. ‘In that box under my bed,’ he ses, and he forks it out.at fork out, v.
Night in a Workhouse 16: Why, a cove forgot his toke! Gordstruth! you wouldn’t ketch me a-forgettin’ mine.at gawdstruth!, excl.
Night in a Workhouse 46: ‘Then they was goin’ to wallop me again, so I thought I’d cheek it out; so I up and told the master all about it.’ ‘And got it wuss?’.at get it, v.
Night in a Workhouse 20: And he stood a quarten, and a half a ounce of hard-up (tobacco).at hard-up, n.1
Night in a Workhouse 19: Who’ll let me turn in with him for half my toke (bread)?at turn in, v.1
Night in a Workhouse 20: There used to be spoons at all the houses, one time. Poplar used to have ’em; but one at a time they was all nicked, don’t you know.at nick, v.1
Night in a Workhouse 45: ‘Didn’t yer get into a row when you got back?’ some listener asked. ‘Rather! Got kept without dinner and walloped as well.’.at rather!, excl.
Night in a Workhouse 15: Why, you are a rummy chap!at rummy, adj.1
Night in a Workhouse 8: Ah! that’s a pity now, because you’ve missed your skilley (gruel).at skilly, n.1
Night in a Workhouse 40: Now then, my men, why don’t you stick to it?at stick to, v.
Night in a Workhouse 7: This taradiddle I invented to account for the look of my hands.at taradiddle, n.
Night in a Workhouse 16: Why, a cove forgot his toke! Gordstruth! you wouldn’t ketch me a-forgettin’ mine.at toke, n.1
Night in a Workhouse 46: Then they was goin’ to wallop me again, so I thought I’d cheek it out; so I up and told the master all about it.at up, v.
Night in a Workhouse 44: I was at the workhouse at Stepney when I was a young ’un, don’t you know.at young ’un (n.) under young, adj.
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