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[Scot] Greenock Teleg. 24 July 3/1: William Carr [...] who is at a loss for a designationfor six days in the week [...] on the Sunday [...] walks to Port-Glasgow and there dubs himself a bona fide traveller.
at bona fide, n.
[Scot] Greenock Teleg. 24 July 3/2: Mr Street [...] made himself so conspicuous in hissing Mr Christie [...] as to get a deserved bonneting for his pains.
at bonnet, v.
[Scot] Greenock Teleg. 24 July 3/1: Isabella Walker [...] came out of jail yesterday [...] and, having been a tee-totaller [...] because she could not get it, she thought she would take ‘wan’ to do her good .
at one, n.1
[Scot] Greenock Teleg. 24 July 3/1: The Bailie said that [...] he would strongly advise her to put in the pin and keep herself sober.
at put in the pin (v.) under pin, n.
[Scot] Greenock Teleg. 25 Dec. 2/3: When such a calamity as the fall of Jellalabad is announced, they take to their heels and sing dumb.
at sing dumb (v.) under sing, v.
[Scot] Greenock Teleg. 19 June 4/1: If Dr Manning were to throw blame on that ‘schism-shop’ to which he himself formerly belonged [etc].
at schism-shop, n.
[Scot] Greenock Teleg. 1 June 2/2: ‘If I speak you will not believe m,e and for that I will sing dumb’.
at sing dumb (v.) under sing, v.
[UK] Greenock Teleg. 24 Apr. 4/6: Yankee Slang [...] ‘cutting up didoes,’ laying pranks.
at cut up a dido, v.
[UK] Greenock Teleg. 24 Apr. 4/6: Yankee Slang [...] ‘burning a student’s lamp,’ smoking a cigarette.
at student’s lamp (n.) under student, n.
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