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Burnley Exp. 6 Nov. 5/1: Men only waited [...] to boast openly of how many eledctors of the opposite side had been ‘bottled’, or kept drunk and incapable.at bottle, v.1
Burnley Exp. 6 Nov. 5/1: Men only waited [...] to boast openly of how many eledctors of the opposite side had been ‘bottled’, or kept drunk and incapable. Burnley Exp. 19 Feb. 3/5: [from Hartford Times] He dashed them upon the floor and jumped up and down on them [...] repeating the words, ‘Thunder and gimlets, cool enough’ — ‘Jerusalem crickets, cool enough’ — ‘By the jumping Jehosiphat, cool enough’.at thunder and lightning!, excl.
Burnley Exp. 2 Apr. 3/5: The balmedest balm you ever plastered on your love stricken head since you were old enough to write poetry .at balmedest balm, n.
Burnley Exp. 24 Sept. 7/6: [He] slammed the stove door shut and said he hoped he might be essentially criminy jiminy tee-totally gol twisted to jude.at criminy!, excl.
Burnley Exp. 19 Feb. 3/5: [from Hartford Times] He dashed them upon the floor and jumped up and down on them [...] repeating the words, ‘Thunder and gimlets, cool enough’ — ‘Jerusalem crickets, cool enough’ — ‘By the jumping Jehosiphat, cool enough’.at jumping Jehoshaphat!, excl.
Burnley Exp. 19 Feb. 3/5: [from Hartford Times] He dashed them upon the floor and jumped up and down on them [...] repeating the words, ‘Thunder and gimlets, cool enough’ — ‘Jerusalem crickets, cool enough’ — ‘By the jumping Jehosiphat, cool enough’.at Jerusalem cricket! (excl.) under Jerusalem!, excl.
Burnley Exp. 27 Sept. 7/3: Being a cowardly lot, the scuttlers always operate in gangs.at scuttler, n.
Burnley Exp. 6 Feb. 7/2: If you don’t hold your din, I will punce you.at hold your noise! (excl.) under noise, n.1
Burnley Exp. 28 Apr. 5/3: Sir William couldn’t enter his mayor in a slanging match, so he gave in.at slanging match (n.) under slang, v.1
Burnley Exp. 12 Jan. 2/6: ‘Country boys aren’t such squash-heads as they sometimes look’.at squash, n.1
Burnley Express 25 June 3/4: Andrews [...] described to our representative his impression of ‘the stone jug.’ He complained of being put on the treadmill.at stone jug, n.1
Burnley Exp. 20 Feb. 3/5: I say, he’s a queer old buffer.at buffer, n.3
Burnley Exp. 5 Mar. 2/6: He don’t know I’m hedre; if he did he would go off his crust, I fancy.at go off one’s crust (v.) under crust, n.1
Burnley Exp. 5 Mar. 2/5: In the kitchen he found a woman — a driz (lace) hawker —making ready for an early tea.at driz, n.
Burnley Exp. 5 Mar. 2/5: Molly, there’s a few quid to be made out of this business [...] Will you help me, and go snacks?at go snack(s) (v.) under snack, n.1
Burnley Express 25 Nov. 2/6: One Burnley Knight of the Spigot [...] trundled a large barrel of porter into the street.at ...the spigot under knight of the..., n.
Burnley Exp. 5 Aug. 2/7: I suppose ye’ll credit me wi’ some little bit o’ rumgumption.at rumgumption, n.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: A more imaginative name [i.e. for the noose] was ‘anodyne necklace’ [...] A writer of Elizabeth’s time says that an anodyne necklace was that which ‘light fellows merrily will call neckwede, or Sir Tristram’s knot, or St Andrew’s lace’.at anodyne necklace, n.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: The last dying speeches hawked about the streets were ‘tops’ or ‘croaks’.at croak, n.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: Other phrases now almost [...] obsolete were ‘to dance upon nothing’ [...] to walk up Ladder-lane and down Hemp-street’.at dance on nothing (v.) under dance, v.
(ref. to late 17C) Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: The name of an Elizabethan hangman, called Derrick, was perverted for the purposes of metaphorical slang, and one writer at the time speaks of a man that would ‘derrick his dad!’.at derrick, v.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: Victims of the hangman’s rope were said to ‘die with cotton in their ears’.at die with cotton in one’s ears (v.) under die, v.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: In later times [...] ‘Government signpost’ was in common use [i.e. for hanging].at government signpost (n.) under government, n.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: Victims of the hangman’s rope were said to [...] ‘die of the hempen fever’.at hempen fever (n.) under hempen, adj.
Burnley Express 8 Aug. 4/8: To ‘ride a horse foaled of an acorn’ was one delicate way of alluding to the unpleasant performance [i.e. hanging].at ride the horse foaled by an acorn (v.) under ride, v.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: Another way was to speak of being ‘stabbed with a Bridport dagger’.at stabbed with a Bridport dagger (adj.) under stab, v.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: An execution was a stretching match.at stretching match (n.) under stretching, n.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: The last dying speeches hawked about the streets were ‘tops’ or ‘croaks’.at tops, n.1
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: The oldest name known [i.e. for hanging] is ‘treyning cheat’.at trining cheat (n.) under trining, n.
Burnley Exp. 8 Aug. 4/8: The halter [...] was known as a ‘Tyburn tippet’.at Tyburn tippet (n.) under Tyburn, n.
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