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[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 1 Apr. 3/4: Your amiable pal and countryman is out on the 1st of June and will not care three straws for either of you.
at not care a straw, v.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 4 Mar. 2/2: The person [...] who had been observed [...] ‘going in and out like a fiddler’s elbow, or a dog in a fair’ [...] about the counting house .
at in and out like a fiddler’s elbow, phr.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 18 Feb. 3/2: Although certain parties hint, that I am only the ninth part of a man, in this Chamber I have cabbaged a whole vote.
at ninth part of a man, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 4 Feb. 3/2: Sir James Mansfield tried an action on a wager of a rump and a dozen [...] Mr Justice Heath [said that ‘they knew well, privately, that a rump and a dozen meant a good dinner and wine’.
at rump and a dozen, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 25 Feb. 2/3: It is said [...] that Aaron’s Rod that budded, has been at its amusing tricks again [...] and has not only budded but thrown out a shoot .
at aaron’s rod, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 25 Feb. 3/2: For though oft he has dodged, / He’s now safely lodged / in Abbott’s Priory.
at Abbott’s Priory, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 1 Apr. 3/1: Mrs Brown’s Academy in Sussex-street has been enlarged [...] We advise certain grey-headed old goats [...] frequenting this brothel of a place to beware.
at academy, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 11 Feb. 2/2: Grimston’s Eye Snuff. A small portion of this valuable material is on sale at Mrs M’s. Joe says its all my eye.
at all my eye, phr.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) Feb. 2/3: Six-and-eightpence continues to roll, or a rather to loll, in his ‘Dirty and two’ as if he was Somebody, to the great scandal of everybody.
at dirty and two, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 11 Feb. 3/1: The six and eightpenny Gentleman is we hear very wrath and vows vengeance against us.
at six-and-eightpenny, adj.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 4 Mar. 3/4: We do not believe the rumour that Archy Little lent the informer £12 — if we can find any truth in the rumour, we shall send the lad to kick his —.
at kick someone’s arse under arse, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 1 Apr. 3/2: What part of his beautified person does he wish them to kiss, sure not his A—.
at kiss my arse!, excl.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 18 Feb. 4/1: He, being wide awake, sallied forth and, locking up his quondam guardian, left him in quod.
at awake, adj.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 8 Apr. 3/1: He actually sneezed, pulled out his vipe, and said[...] ‘ned, railly there’s wonderful smell of ’baccy here ’.
at bacca, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 11 Feb. 2/2: We advise old ‘Dallas’ not to spend his wool money in the back slums with disreputable females.
at back slums (n.) under back, adj.2
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 4 Mar. 2/2: Messrs. Quick, Gammon, and Snap, opposite the three balls in George-street!!!
at three balls, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 4 Feb. 2/2: Baily put in two bellyers with good science.
at bellier, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 4 Feb. 2/2: He was piping like an old pair of bellows.
at bellows to mend under bellows, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 8 Apr. 3/1: A fair trial olf the racing qualities of their bits of blood.
at bit of blood (n.) under bit, n.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 1 Apr. 2/3: Happiest men — if, cribbing votes / With all thy wonted powders of blarney.
at blarney, n.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 11 Feb. 3/3: His Excellency entertained the [...] Mayor and Alderman to dinner [...] Sat wishes to know how the parties behaved themselves — and whether there was a good blow-out.
at blow-out, n.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) Feb. 4/3: If you collar me, I’m blow’d if I don’t muzzle you.
at blowed, adj.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 18 Feb. 4/1: Gin was in demand, and a Charley [...] sallied forth in quest of the blue ruin.
at blue ruin (n.) under blue, adj.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 11 Feb. 1/2: Old Pooll must forward his six bob [...] Subscribers only are allowed to scribble for our pages.
at bob, n.3
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 11 Feb. 2/3: On stripping, we decidedly took the ‘boomer’ for choice, but the well-known [...] fighting character of the ‘little un’ left him many friends .
at boomer, n.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 25 Mar. 3/3: The ‘Cricketer’ further says [...] he can fill a Hundred Tuns of Prime English Ale at any convenient notice [...] This is no bounce.
at bounce, n.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 11 Mar. 3/3: [A] druggist of Pitt-street seems to have a deal less tin than brads.
at brad, n.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 25 Feb. 3/3: Mr Percy Simpson [...] called at Jennings’ Committee Rooms with brass in his face and no tin in his pocket.
at brass, n.1
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 18 Mar. 3/2: Was Mr Hogans [...] assaulted during his absence, up country, by a common Bravo?
at bravo, n.
[Aus] Satirist & Sporting Chron. (Sydney) 18 Mar. 2/4: The men came to the scratch with confidence and slogged away like bricks.
at brick, n.
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