Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Encyc. Britannica I 129/1: Altumal, a term sometimes used to denote the mercantile style or dialect.at altumal, n.
Encyc. Britannica VI 55/1: CHOP-CHURCH, or CHURCH-CHOPPER, a name, or rather a nick-name, given to parsons
who make a practice of exchanging benefices.at chop-church, n.
Encyc. Britannica xix 756: Lifers cannot claim any remission, but their cases are brought forward at the end of twenty years [F&H].at lifer, n.
Encyc. Britannica XXXI. 679/1: In the first phonograph a spiral groove was cut on a brass drum fixed on a horizontal screw.at groove, n.2
Encyc. Britannica IV 106/2: A variety of standardized forms and sizes of bottles are in use, including the so-called Stubby, Steinie, Packie, Export and Single Trip bottles.at stubbie, n.
Encyc. Britannica IV 106/2: [as 1950] .at stubbie, n.
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