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Cheshire Obs. 16 July 8/1: My father wears a cauliflower wig.at cauliflower, n.2
Cheshire Obs. 16 July 8/1: My father wears a cauliflower wig. Cheshire Obs. 3 Dec. 4/2: Ann Kene, a girl about town, was brought up on a charge of stealing a pocket-book.at girl about town (n.) under girl, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/1: Wide-awakes our head adorn / [...] / Feathers in our hats are worn, / Fast young ladies.at wide-awake, n.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/1: Bother that romance and stuff! / She who likes it is a muff; / We are better up to snuff / / Fast young ladies.at bother, v.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/1: Skirts hitched up on a spreading frame, / Pettitcoats as bright as flame, / Dandy high-heeled boots, proclaim / Fast young ladies.at fast, adj.1
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/3: Panfish smacking Grasshopper’s kissing trap, which nearly made Grassey go to grass.at go to grass, v.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/3: Harry [...] was systematically stopped by Grasshopper, who gib him a rib-snorter right on his ivory box.at ivory-box (n.) under ivory, n.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/3: Panfish smacking Grasshopper’s kissing trap, which nearly made Grassey go to grass.at kissing trap (n.) under kiss, v.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/3: Grasshopper’s left went and got home on Panfish’s lug.at lug, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/3: Boff lookin’ quite black in the face [...] which was nuffin remawkable, considerin’ dey were boff niggahs.at nigger, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/3: [of a telling punch] Harry [...] was systematically stopped by Grasshopper, who gib him a rib-snorter right on his ivory box.at rip snorter, n.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/1: Here’s a stunning set of us / Fast young ladies.at set, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 4 Aug. 7/3: By inserting the above [...] your readers will be able to judge who really did show the ‘white feather’.at show the (white) feather (v.) under show, v.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Aug. 8/3: Grasshopper [...] got on Panfish’s wuindows completely lettin’ down de blinds.at windows, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 19 Mar. 2/4: Complainant [...] had a discussion with defendant upon the sinfulness of dancing [...] lost his temper and called defendant a ‘Methody’.at Methody, n.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Mar. 6/1: Those who took my hint last week will soon stand on velvet.at stand on velvet (v.) under velvet, n.
Cheshire Obs. 26 June 8: One gentleman [...] waanted the rum to be perfect; he always put that liquid into his ‘scandal soup’.at scandal-broth, n.
Cheshire Obs. 26 Nov. 6/5: Edward Davies, the ‘bones’ of a street nigger party, was charged [...] at the Marlborough-street Police-court.at bones, n.2
Cheshire Obs. 26 Nov. 6/5: Edward Davies, the ‘bones’ of a street nigger party, was charged [...] at the Marlborough-street Police-court.at street nigger (n.) under nigger, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 21 May 6/2: The latter gentleman retaliated with a ‘slockdologer’.at sockdolager, n.
Cheshire Obs. 1 July 3/1: But dash my rags if I can [etc].at dash my rags! (excl.) under dash, v.1
Cheshire Obs. 3 Feb. 5/6: Each would be accompanied by a doucer to esnure it a good position, which would be allotted according to the amount given.at doucer, n.
Cheshire Obs. 29 Mar. 2/2: The drawling burr of ulster and the clipped words of the Dublin Jackeens.at jackeen, n.
Cheshire Obs. 13 Dec. 8/1: A pot-headed youth with a flatulent tendency.at pothead, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 19 June 2/3: I started such a rattling ‘shivaree’ down below.at shivoo, n.
Cheshire Obs. 18 Nov. 7/5: He was doubtless ‘doing the barney,’ pretending to be mad.at do the barney (v.) under barney, n.1
Cheshire Obs. 19 Aug. 6/6: Prisoner enticed the duck into her house from the street, killed it [...] placed it in a pot to boil, and then issued invitations to some neighbours to come and partake of ‘cock broth’.at cock-broth (n.) under cock, n.3
Cheshire Obs. 18 Nov. 7/5: He had been trying to ‘best the croaker,’ but the ‘croaker,’ as the doctor is styled, had got the ‘best’ so far.at croaker, n.5
Cheshire Obs. 18 Nov. 7/6: No, no, no! [...] I chuck up the sponge. You’ve bested me.at chuck up the sponge (v.) under sponge, n.
Cheshire Obs. 10 Mar. 7/4: A certain pack of Cheshire harriers have been enjoying rare sport with a bagman. This Leadenhall gentleman has been twice taken alive after two good runs, and it is expected that he will give them one or two more.at Leadenhall gentleman (n.) under Leadenhall, n.
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