1874 Bury Free Press 8 Aug. 8/4: ‘Caught in a squall off Yarmouth’ — a red herring ‘soldier’ or warrior of the deep [...] a Yarmouth bloater’.at soldier, n.
1927 Bury Free Press 31 Dec. 4/4: The kid executed an excited pirouette in the slushy street. ‘My word,’ she said, ’that’s a bit of fat, ain’t it mother?’.at bit of fat (n.) under bit, n.1
1935 Bury Free Press 12 Jan. 11/2: ‘The Wooden Hill’ Every night, away we go [...] up the wooden hill.at Bedfordshire, n.
1949 Bury Free Press 28 Jan. 8/2: Youngsters who go off the rails. Juvenile delinquency, they say, is caused by gangster films [...] What rubbish!at off the rails under rail, n.
1952 Bury Free Press 22 Feb. 5/7: May God strike me deaf, dumb, blind and humpty if I am not telling the truth.at strike me blind! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
1954 Bury Free Press 26 Mar. 6/7: Jackson [...] told the bench that he saw a ‘plum-pudding’ dog on a neighbour’s premises.at plum-pudding (dog), n.