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Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: His wit did not save his bacon.at save one’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: His wit did not save his bacon. Flash (NY) 24 Oct. n.p.: He has long been in the habit of bilking the unfortunate wretches of the Hook and the Five Points.at bilk, v.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: The pretended judges [...] are mere blowers.at blower, n.2
Flash (NY) 3 Oct. n.p.: The milkman whooped [and] the vendor of ‘sky blue’ was lost [...] in admiration of the charm of the maid.at sky blue, n.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: George Moreton [...] the keeper of a boozing ken.at bousing-ken, n.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: The prosecuting attorney will be sent off to the brig for two days, for contempt of court.at brig, n.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: I hate their dirty scandal-broth / Of steaming hot Bohea.at scandal-broth, n.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: Scorpion apologize! — to a bawdy house bully!at bully, n.1
Flash (NY) 3 Oct. n.p.: A woman is charged with ‘coming the Sultan’ [...] having sundry husbands at the same time.at come the..., v.
Flash (NY) 31 Oct. n.p.: Coon a litle shy; Dolly made a pass with his left.at coon, n.
Flash (NY) 3 Oct. n.p.: Playing the devil’s tattoo with a mallet on a board.at devil’s tattoo (n.) under devil, n.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: He appears, and is a mere Jeremy Diddler.at diddler, n.2
Flash (NY) 24 Oct. n.p.: Two lottery windlers who ‘fake away’ in Park Row.at fake, v.1
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: We shall vist your sins upon your fancy girls, and your next of kin.at fancy girl, n.
Flash (N.Y.) 31 Oct. 3/4: [signature to a letter to the editor] Stinkfinger.at play (at) stink-finger (v.) under stink-finger, n.
Flash (NY) 5 Feb. n.p.: [headline] A Regular Flare Up at 48 Crosby St.at flare-up, n.1
Flash (NY) 17 Oct. n.p.: A lady once well known is the lowest parleius [sic] of Philadelphia infamy as jillflirt Jenny.at gill-flirt, n.
Flash (NY) 17 Oct. n.p.: The damsel asked him what he wanted. Flushed and eager, he abruptly answered [...] ‘a g— ’ which means something not fit to eat .at gamahuche, n.
Flash (NY) 31 Oct. n.p.: It was not one Adam only whom she invited to partake of the forbidden fruit. All the workmen in the shop helped her to cultivate the garden.at garden, n.
Flash (N.Y.) 31 Oct. 3/3: To sum up, he wears a moustache, which is the only manly thing about him, and is a gentleman with three outs – out of wit, money and manners.at gentleman of three outs (n.) under gentleman of..., n.
Flash (NY) 24 Oct. n.p.: The poor woman learned that the ticket was a gig and worth $50.at gig, n.7
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: [of a woman whose husband is in prison] [He] was at last sent to Sing Sing [...] leaving his grass widow and his own wordly goods.at grass widow, n.
Flash (NY) 3 Oct. n.p.: [He] was stopped by one of the Jews at the door of a grinding shop [...] ‘Here ish de plaish to py de pest vatches and all sorts of jewlry’.at grinding shop, n.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: All yesterday I kept my word. Nor sought the tippling shop.at tippling-house, n.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: The Walnut [theatre] is contructed on the Clear Gilt humbug priciple.at humbug, n.
Flash (NY) 24 Oct. n.p.: If I ever meet you alone, I will give you a striped jacket.at give someone a striped jacket (v.) under jacket, n.
Flash (NY) 3 Oct. n.p.: He was drawing his leather to pay the bill.at leather, n.
Flash (NY) 31 Oct. n.p.: [A]t about four in the afternoon [...] they commence ‘loading up,’ as they call the operation of rum-bibbing.at load up (v.) under load, v.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: Many a threadbare sucker parted with his last shilling, in fruitless endeavours to enthrall her. All was N.G.at n.g., phr.
Flash (NY) 26 Sept. n.p.: One of your New York pickpockets was nicked at the Chestnut last night.at nick, v.1
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