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[UK] Sessions Papers June cited in Partridge DSUE (1984) 955/1: On Monday night Bird and Clark came to their House to ragg (scold) her Grandfather for what he had talk’d of concerning them.
at rag, v.1
[UK] Sessions Papers 611/2 n.p.: He got one of our cutlasses, which was drawn; and said, ‘D-n my eyes, here is one of Akerman’s bloody thieves, let us do him first.’.
at do, v.1
[UK] Sessions Papers 6 Apr. 571/2: One of them said, damn his eyes, give him a topper at once .
at topper, n.2
[UK] Sessions Papers Dec. 8: I heard Merryman and Thrust say to the accomplice, Sherrington, you B—r, what did you narle for .. . Had Sherrington at that time told ? — Yes, he had told the whole.
at gnarl (upon), v.
[UK] Sessions Papers Jan. in DSUE (1984).
at shut, n.
[UK] Sessions Papers 17 Sept. 1200/2: He says, Miller, it is, stash, I am satisfied.
at stash, v.1
[UK] Sessions Papers Apr. 288 in DU.
at frisker, n.
[UK] Sessions Papers Feb. 133/1: He..asked me if I had any objection of being in a good thing...I asked him when and [...] he replied it was low toby, meaning a fotpad [sic] robbery .
at toby, n.2
[UK] Sessions Papers 21 Sept. 546/2: James Boyce [...] said ‘The b—g—r has got no toy’; I had no watch .
at toy, n.1
[UK] Sessions Papers Aug. 643: ‘Here are two crushers.’ [...] I looked out of the window, and saw both the policemen.
at crusher, n.1
[UK] Sessions Papers Sept. in DSUE (1984).
at gag, v.
[UK] Sessions Papers June 341: I heard her say [...] ‘a bobby’ [...] it was a signal to let them know a policeman was coming .
at bobby, n.1
[UK] Sessions Papers 26 Nov. n.p.: I apprehended Roberts [...] he said. ‘You want me for putting the mug on, do you? I will put the b-y mug on you.’ [...] mug is slang used by thieves; it means garrotting [DU].
at mug, n.1
[UK] Sessions Papers 8 Jan. 325: If you don’t bleeding well let me go.
at well, adv.2
[UK] Sessions Papers n.p.: There has been another blag down round here [DU].
at blag, n.
[UK] Sessions Papers 9 Sept.
at fiver, n.
[UK] Sessions Papers 26 Oct. 860: We [...] had a booze up together .
at booze-up, n.
[UK] Sessions Papers 17 Nov. 33: I was served with four blisters yesterday .
at blister, n.1
[UK] Sessions Papers 13 Jan. n.p.: He [...] tried to take my purse away – he found he could not get it, and he went down my young man.
at go down, v.
[UK] Sessions Papers 8 Feb. 556: She is only a pros.; you know her.
at pros, n.
[UK] Sessions Papers 17 Oct. in DSUE (1984) I am going to knock off that ‘dewdrop’ meaning the lock of the gas meter.
at dewdrop, n.1
[UK] Sessions Papers CLIV. 24 Nov. 82: I rang it [i.e. a coin] on the counter; he said ‘Break it up it is duff.’.
at duff, adj.
[UK] Sessions Papers 1 June 128: I suppose this has cost you a couple of ‘nickers’.
at nicker, n.2
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