1873 M.E. Braddon Strangers and Pilgrims II 269: I’m not a dab – I mean I’m a poor hand at penmanship.at dab, n.1
1873 M.E. Braddon Strangers and Pilgrims II 143: There was no rush of those lofty personages whom Mrs. Cinqmars had spoken of as ‘heavy swells’.at heavy swell, n.
1873 M.E. Braddon Strangers and Pilgrims I 280: There are the men who go off their nuts by the time they’re worth a million or so, and cut their throats for fear of dying in a workhouse .at off one’s nut (adj.) under nut, n.1