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Lancs. Eve. Post 5 May 1/7: burerk: well dressed lady.at burick, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 5 May 1/7: burerk: well dressed lady. Lancs. Eve. Post 16 Apr. 4/5: I should like to say a few words to you... (A voice ‘Don’t come the parson dodge’ and laughter).at come the dodge (v.) under dodge, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 3 Feb. 4/5: ‘Have you killed him?’ [...] ‘No, the lubber isn’t worth the bother’.at bother, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 22 June 1/7: ‘Soft Tommy’, a well-known character.at soft, adj.
Lancs. Eve. Post 6 Mar. 2/4: ‘He is as obedient as any son could possibly be.’ ‘Well [...] that beats the Dutch’.at beat the Dutch, v.
Lancs. Eve. Post 17 May 2/6: The driver of a hansom [cab] is a ‘graball’.at grab-all (n.) under grab, v.
Lancs. Eve. Post 17 May 2/6: The driver of a four-wheeler is a ‘growler’.at growler, n.2
Lancs. Eve. Post 17 May 2/6: ‘Mush’ is the cabby language for a small master who only owns his own, or at most two or three ‘shofuls.’ ‘Shoful’ is cabby language for a hansom cab.at shoful, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 5 Dec. 3/6: It is a penal settlement of the most horrible kind. A child was sent to the black hole for some small offence, and allowed to die there of hunger.at black hole (n.) under black, adj.
Lancs. Eve. Post 11 Oct. 4/4: Our neighbours [...] are merely ‘blowing off steam’.at blow off steam (v.) under steam, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 4 Nov. 2/7: Birchall suffered from an ‘exuberance of animal spirits’ [...] he would find referees a trifle unsympathetic [...] unless he ‘simmered down’.at simmer, v.
Lancs. Eve. Post 19 Jan. 5/2: Cowan is passable at centre half-back. but he is now very ‘beefy’.at beefy (adj.) under beef, n.1
Lancs. Eve. Post 19 Nov. 3/4: Prosecutrix added that she was talking to prisoner, who was of a jealous disposition [...] and made use of the words ‘O chase me,’ followed by a laugh.at chase me! (excl.) under chase, v.
Lancs. Eve. Post 3 Nov. 5/5: The Liverpool team [...] week after week play ducks and drakes with the feelings of their supporters.at play ducks and drakes with (v.) under play, v.
Lancs. Eve. Post 7 Jan. 5/7: He ran after the shark and snaffled him.at shark, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 7 Jan. 5/7: He ran after the shark and snaffled him.at snaffle, v.
Lancs. Eve. Post 20 Oct. 5/4: Soft End o’t Poker. Eawr [our] Bet’s Infallible Convincer.at convincer, n.
Lancs Eve. Post 1 Apr. 4/2: ‘Absent-Minded Beggar’. Having got too much liquor, Samuel Lavery, a discharged soldier, wandered into another compartment [...] and appropriated the articles.at absent-minded beggar, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 7 Nov. 5/7: Not an ‘Old Crock’ [...] The ‘soccer’ men have evidently been a little too previous in relegating Smith to the ranks of the ‘old crcoks’.at crock, n.2
Lancs. Eve. Post 26 Mar. 2/5: What is a tanner [...] syebuck.at syebuck, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 9 Mar. 2/5: Mr Hunt asked what ‘the blind, blue blazes’ was the use of our continuing the present unfair fiscal system.at blind, adj.2
Lancs. Eve. Post 9 Mar. 2/5: Mr Hunt asked what ‘the blind, blue blazes’ was the use of our continuing the present unfair fiscal system.at blue blazes (n.) under blue, adj.5
Lancs. Eve. Post 25 Apr. 3/6: You want a bicylcle [...] They’re cheap now, dirt cheap at £10.at cheap as dirt (adj.) under cheap, adj.
Lancs. Eve. Post 26 Mar. 2/3: The conductor says they were under the influence of drink, and the driver [...] that she was bottled up and drunk.at bottled, adj.2
Lancs. Eve. Post 13 Jan. 2/6: ‘Long will be very dead mutton ro-morrow night; only give him a stick.’ The ‘stick’ [...] was not to beat him with, but represents a mere 19 lines of type.at dead mutton (n.) under mutton, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 2 Dec. 4/3: Chara Disaster [...] Five Skipton young men [...] killed in the Black charabanc disaster.at chara, n.1
Lancs. Eve. Post 11 Feb. 7/4: ‘Annie the Diamond Queen’ is now serving three months imprisonment for theft.at queen, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 10 July 7/4: A Slogging Match. If the bowling resources of the Colne team had approximated those of last season [etc].at slogging match (n.) under slog, v.
Lancs Eve. Post 23 Dec. 4/2: What part of London was once known as Little Barbary? [...] Wapping, because sailors from Barbary ports congregated there.at Little Barbary, n.
Lancs. Eve. Post 8 Mar. 6/5: ‘Good Lord, young chap, what the h— is that awful muck you’re smoking?’ [...] ‘It’s what the coolies call “bhang”, sir’.at bang, n.4
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