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Derry Jrnl 9 Nov. 4/2: Miss Beebe [...] entered a bright yellow po-chaise.at po’chaise, n.
Derry Jrnl 9 Nov. 4/2: Miss Beebe [...] entered a bright yellow po-chaise. Derry Jrnl 4 Mar. 4/3: A picking-up Moll, ‘whose [...] avocation is to decoy men [...] into dark passages or lonely roads, where the ‘bludgetter’ performs his work of spoilation.at bludgeter, n.
Derry Jrnl 4 Mar. 4/3: A picking-up Moll, ‘whose [...] avocation is to decoy men [...] into dark passages or lonely roads, where the ‘bludgetter’ performs his work of spoilation.at picking-up moll (n.) under pick up, v.
Derry Jrnl 23 Oct. 4/3: ‘You sneak! you irreligious infidel! you Black Republican! you Aminadab!’.at Aminadab, n.
Derry Jrnl 23 Oct. 4/3: ‘You are one of the most high-toned beauties in the sunny South’.at high-tone, adj.
Derry Jrnl 23 Oct. 4/3: There’s more of the same stock there, only waiting for somebody to say ‘Leg it!’.at leg it (v.) under leg, v.1
Derry Jrnl 23 Oct. 4/2: ‘Don’t take on airs, you little squirt!’.at squirt, n.
Derry Jrnl 25 Mar. 2/6: God damn it, Sir, it’s all stuff and nonsense.at god-damn it!, excl.
Derry Jrnl 24 May 3/1: [advert] CELEBRATED HUNTING HORSE NIGGER / FOR SALE BY AUCTION.at nigger, n.1
Derry Jrnl 23 May 4/3: No! That’s what’s the matter, you bet your life it is.at (you) bet your life! (excl.) under bet, v.
Derry Jrnl 22 Feb. 4/6: The veal is of that peculiar quality known as ‘staggering Bob’.at staggering bob, n.
Derry Jrnl 22 Feb. 4/6: The cellar of boniface is sneered at by every youth who knows Bordeaux from Burgundy.at boniface, n.
Derry Jrnl 26 Nov. 4/3: The bone picker’s motto — Pro bona publico.at bone-picker (n.) under bone, n.1
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: If [...] a safe robber had been sent to San Quentin [the thief] would say ‘A gopher-cracker has gone over to the bean ranch’ .at bean ranch (n.) under bean, n.1
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: The victim of a confidence operation is [...] a ‘bloke’ .at bloke, n.
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/6: If a hoodlum should remark , ‘I gave the bluebelly a fill,’ he would [...] mean that he had succeeded in deceiving a police officer.at bluebelly, n.
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: Coffee is called ‘bootleg’ .at bootleg, n.
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: A coffin is a stiff box.at box, n.1
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/6: A soft hat is a ‘caddie,’ and a stiff hat is a ‘dicer’ .at caddie, n.
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: A prisoner is a ‘con’.at con, n.1
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: If a man steals a purse from a pocket he is said to ‘dip a poke’ .at dip, v.2
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: A cell is a ‘drum’.at drum, n.3
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: A loaf of bread is a ‘dummy’ .at dummy, n.4
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/6: If a hoodlum should remark , ‘I gave the bluebelly a fill,’ he would [...] mean that he had succeeded in deceiving a police officer.at give someone a fill(-up) (v.) under fill, n.
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: If [...] a safe robber had been sent to San Quentin [the thief] would say ‘A gopher-cracker has gone over to the bean ranch’ .at go over, v.
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: A safe-breaker is now called a ‘gopher-cracker’ .at gopher, n.2
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: Shadowing a man is ‘piping him’ .at pipe, v.3
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: A pistol is called a ‘pop’ .at pop, n.1
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/6: A ‘rum cove’ would be a smart and true friend .at rum-cove (n.) under rum, adj.
‘The Jargon of Thieves’ in Derry Jrnl 8 Sept. 6/5: A knife is a ‘shov’.at shov, n.
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