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[Scot] Berwicks. News 1 Feb. 6/5: Policeman— ‘Ullo! How come you so, guvbnor!’ Individual— (dreadfully typsy): ‘’xhaustion - sheer exhaustion!’.
at how came you so, phr.
[Scot] Berwicks. News 18 Jan. 6/1: His big plum pudding carriage dog.
at plum-pudding (dog), n.
[Scot] Berwicks. News 5 July 7/3: ‘What! [...] a hundred and ten francs for two days in this hole? — francs a night for that miserable flea-bag!’ [...] flea-bag is a fancy locution of the day for bed.
at fleabag, n.
[Scot] Berwicks. News 29 Aug. 6/5: The happy company insisted that she would have her left eye wet, and having done this [...] to wet both eyes.
at wet the other eye (v.) under wet, v.
[Scot] Berwickshire News 27 June 3/4: The letter was signed by a jocular brother of the brush.
at brother (of the) brush (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
[Scot] Berwickshire News 14 Nov. 5/5: Readings wree given by the president and Brother Bolus.
at bolus, n.
[Scot] Berwicks. News (Scot.) 6 Sept. 2/5: Shiver my timbers [...] but you’re a rum sort o’ craft.
at timbers, n.
[Scot] Berwicks. News 1 June 8/2: [headline] ‘A Bit of Yer Pie, Hinny’.
at hen, n.
[Scot] Berwicks. News 9 May 4/1: A shitepoke skulking along the river bank [...] cried ‘Cowk, cowk!’.
at shite-poke, n.
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