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Life, Adventures and Opinions choose

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[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 81: [To] denote a good education, and shew that you have kept good company, be mindfull of the following, which you will apply as the conversation will admit you [...] ‘That’s the barber,’ ‘Go it,’ ‘The tippy and the twaddle,’ ‘What a swell’.
at that’s the barber under barber, n.1
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Various impositions, practised daily on the unwary [...] such as the running rumbler, skylarking, blue pigeon flying.
at fly the blue pigeon (v.) under blue pigeon, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 59: Ye lovely Cyprians, never hire a young fly-catching foot-boy [...] but keep a stout, sturdy young fellow.
at Cyprian, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is [...] dorsing a darkey upon the queer roost with some other rum blowen.
at darkey, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 73: They were committed to the house of correction, and sentenced to mill doll.
at mill doll, v.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, [...] is dorsing a darkey upon the queer roost with some other rum blowen.
at dorse upon the queer roost (v.) under dorse, v.1
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Various impositions, practised daily on the unwary [...] such as come the fawney.
at fawney-rig (n.) under fawney, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as [...] how to scamp, prigg, floor, [...] mount, lumber, and fence.
at fence, v.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is following his occupation, scampering on his prancer upon the high tober.
at flashman, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 59: Ye lovely Cyprians, never hire a young fly-catching foot-boy [...] but keep a stout, sturdy young fellow.
at fly-catcher (n.) under fly, n.3
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 61: Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as [...] how to frisk his gropers for his reader and screens.
at frisk, v.2
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 81: [To] denote a good education, and shew that you have kept good company, be mindfull of the following, which you will apply as the conversation will admit you [...] ‘That’s the barber,’ ‘Go it,’ ‘The tippy and the twaddle,’ ‘What a swell’ .
at go it!, excl.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 61: Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as [...] how to frisk his gropers for his reader and screens.
at groper, n.1
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is following his occupation, scampering on his prancer upon the high tober .
at high tober (n.) under high, adj.1
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is [...] dorsing a darkey upon the queer roost with some other rum blowen, who is kind enough to dabble his lully in the morning whilst he lies in bed.
at lully, n.1
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Various impositions, practised daily on the unwary [...] such as lully-prigging, dobbing the cant.
at lully-prigging (n.) under lully, n.1
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as [...] how to scamp, prigg, floor, [...] mount, lumber, and fence.
at lumber, v.1
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as [...] how to slang your mawley.
at slang the mauleys (v.) under mauley, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is following his occupation, scampering on his prancer upon the high tober or at some country fair mulking [sic.] the flatts of the quid.
at milk, v.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as [...] how to scamp, prigg, floor, [...] mount, lumber, and fence.
at mount, v.2
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 43: Two beggar women [...] being old acquaintances, and proficients in the mumping trade.
at mumping, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 75: Lady A-- told Lady B--, that her husband was a cuckold and a nincompoop.
at nincompoop, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is following his occupation, scampering on his prancer upon the high tober.
at prancer, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Those necessary professional accomplishments, such as [...] how to scamp, prigg, floor, [...] mount, lumber, and fence.
at prig, v.2
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is [...] dorsing a darkey upon the queer roost .
at queer rooster (n.) under queer, adj.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Your flash-man, is following his occupation, [...] at some country fair mulking [sic.] the flatts of the quid.
at quid, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Various impositions, practised daily on the unwary [...] such as making a stall for a reader .
at reader, n.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Various impositions, practised daily on the unwary [...] such as [...] a rum squeeze at the spell.
at rum squeeze (n.) under rum, adj.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Various impositions, practised daily on the unwary [...] such as the running rumbler, skylarking, blue pigeon flying.
at running rumbler (n.) under running, adj.
[UK] G. Hangar Life, Adventures and Opinions II 60: Various impositions, practised daily on the unwary [...] such as the runny snarel [sic].
at running snavel (n.) under running, adj.
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