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Derbyshire Courier 27 Dec. 3/7: ‘I’ve more grub than I can well peck; I’m full as a butt’.at full as..., adj.
Derbyshire Courier 27 Dec. 3/7: ‘I’ve more grub than I can well peck; I’m full as a butt’. Derbyshire Courier 27 Dec. 3/7: The Song of the Garotter. Oh, meet me by moonlight alone / And then I will give you the hug. With my arm around your neck tightly thrown, / I’m as up to the work as a Thug.at hug, the, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A soot-bag, a reticule.at soot-bag, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A ball, prison allowance of meat.at ball, n.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A breaky-leg, a shilling.at breakyleg, n.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] buttoner [sic], to entice another to play.at button, v.
Derbyshire Courier 17 Jan. 2/5: A couple of old tom-cats got to rarin’ and chargin’ around [...] carryin’ on like sin.at carry on, v.
Derbyshire Courier 7 Nov. 8/1: Cant language [...] To alter the maker’s name in a watch — to christen a yack.at christen, v.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A fly, or blue-bottle, a policeman.at fly cop, n.
Derbyshire Courier 7 Nov. 8/1: Cant language [...] A waistcoat — fan.at fan, n.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] jomer — a fancy girl.at fancy girl, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] a fawney, a ring.at fawney, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] high-fly, the - begging letters.at high fly, the, n.
Derbyshire Courier 17 Jan. 2/5: A couple of old tom-cats got to rarin’ and chargin’ around [...] carryin’ on like sin.at like hell (adv.) under hell, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] jomer — a fancy girl.at jomer, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A mott, a woman.at mot, n.
Derbyshire Courier 7 Nov. 8/1: Cant language [...] Lodging house — padding-crib.at padding crib (n.) under pad, v.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] pannymen — house breakers.at pannyman, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A pudding snammer, one who steals food.at pudding-snammer (n.) under pudding, n.
Derbyshire Courier 2 May 8/2: Hampson [...] says he looks ‘upon Robin Hood and his men as ideal personages, who instead of lending their particular name to thieves, have received it from the general term Roberdsmen.at roberdsmen, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A shaker, a shirt.at shaker, n.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A pair of snipes, a pair of scissors.at snipes, n.
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] roll of snow — web of Irish linen.at snow, n.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A swag chovey bloak, a marine store dealer who buys stolen property.at swag chovey (n.) under swag, n.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Dec. 7/1: Local Flash language [...] A wild, a village.at wild, n.1
Derbyshire Courier 12 Feb. 6/1: Every woman thinks her personality the best. Blouzabella would hardly change faces with Mrs Langtry.at blouzabella, n.
Derbyshire Courier 9 Apr. 9/3: Fond mothers have been robbed of their babes because a few blunderheads wanted to save the rates!at blunderhead, n.
Derbyshire Courier 21 Oct. 5/5: It’s all ‘my eye and my elbow’ sleeping out in this part of the country.at all my eye and my elbow under all my eye, phr.
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