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‘The Prince’s Title’ in Cambridge Indep. Press 4 Dec. 4/2: Lovey-dovey has been spoken of; but it is not likely that His Royal Highness will assume the style and dignity of lovey-dovey for a considerable period .at lovey-dovey, n.
‘The Prince’s Title’ in Cambridge Indep. Press 4 Dec. 4/2: Lovey-dovey has been spoken of; but it is not likely that His Royal Highness will assume the style and dignity of lovey-dovey for a considerable period . Cambridge Indep. Press 12 Feb. 2/5: Faction Defeated [...] Faction, after this, has to eat its leek.at eat the leek (v.) under eat, v.
Cambridge Indep. Press 8 Jan. 7/7: The readiest waterworks to turn on are ladies’ tears.at turn on the waterworks (v.) under waterworks, n.
Cambridge Indep. Press 12 Jan. 4/8: Perfumery and jollop snuff and ginger.at jollop, n.
Cambridge Indep. Press 4 Oct. 3/4: ‘Now, I’ll tell you what it is!’ [...] is the slang of a ‘Cheap-Jack’ at a fair, and out of place on the boards of a respectable theatre.at cheap john, n.1
Cambridge Indep. Press 4 Dec. 2/7: ‘The horsenails,’ as bags of sovereigns are called in electioneering dialect.at horse-nails (n.) under horse, n.
Cambridge Indep. Press 25 July 3/3: I’d drink a pennorth of gingeret, or a glass of punch and judy.at punch and judy, n.1
Cambridge Indep. Press 19 Sept. 8/1: He noticed he had some blood on his ‘chummy’ hat and waistcoat.at chummy, n.1
Cambridge Indep. Press 25 July 3/3: ‘Plum pudding is a penny halfpenny a slice, but I likes two “doorsteps” at a half-penny a piece just as well.’‘Doorsteps,’ I found, were thick slices of bread sprad with jam.at doorstep, n.
Cambridge Indep. Press 1 June 3/7: The minister an’ me got on the crack. He says to me [etc.].at crack, n.1
Cambridge Indep. Press 4 Apr. 6/5: A Chicago butcher [...] wanted him to go to Porkopolis.at Porkopolis, n.
Cambridge Indep. Press 29 May 9/7: ‘As black as Newgate,’ was a description used by a woman speaking of her husband in Acton Police Court.at black as Newgate (adj.) under black as..., adj.
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