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Lincs. Echo 15 Nov. 3/2: The gentleman [...] who had described the Board of Agriculture as a ‘lot of blithering idiots’ was not far wrong.at blithering, adj.
Lincs. Echo 15 Nov. 3/2: The gentleman [...] who had described the Board of Agriculture as a ‘lot of blithering idiots’ was not far wrong. Lincs. Echo 21 Jan. 3/2: At a wake [...] an Ameeican meat box was placed in the centre of the floor [...] two of them men lifted the corpse.at cold meat box (n.) under cold meat, n.
Lincs. Echo 1 Nov. 4/5: I’ll be beggared, but I’ll not sleep under her roof [...] I’d rather face a miners’ strike" Well, I’m beggared!at beggared, adj.
Lincs. Echo 22 Nov. 2/4: In an article on college slang in the United States [...] translations [...] are not only ‘cribs’ but ‘bicycles’, ‘horses,’ ‘trots,’ and ‘ponies’ — in short something that gets you there quickly.at bicycle, n.
Lincs. Echo 22 Nov. 2/4: In an article on college slang in the United States [...] ‘to bohn’ [...] is to study hard.at bone, v.3
Lincs. Echo 22 Nov. 2/4: In an article on college slang in the United States [...] a woman is a ‘calico’ or a ‘calic’.at calico, n.1
Lincs. Echo 22 Nov. 2/4: In an article on college slang in the United States [...] translations [...] are not only ‘cribs’ but ‘bicycles’, ‘horses,’ ‘trots,’ and ‘ponies’ — in short something that gets you there quickly.at horse, n.
Lincs. Echo 22 Nov. 2/4: In an article on college slang in the United States [...] in Princeton ‘to have pups’ means to be angry.at have kittens (v.) under kitten, n.
Lincs. Echo 22 Nov. 2/4: In an article on college slang in the United States [...] translations [...] are not only ‘cribs’ but ‘bicycles’, ‘horses,’ ‘trots,’ and ‘ponies’ — in short something that gets you there quickly.at trot, n.3
Lincs. Echo 30 Sept. 4/1: [advt] It takes a Tailor, who is every Inch the Ninth part of a Man to Cut, make, and Fit Stylish Overcoats [...] for any Man of Refined Taste.at ninth part of a man, n.
Lincs. Echo 31 Oct. 2/1: [advert] No Quackery [...] Many Advertised Nostrums only make Ecrema [sic] worse.at quackery (n.) under quack, n.1
Lincs. Echo 18 Apr. 2/6: The odds were six to one, but he fought like a tiger [...] ‘Go on, boys, tickle his ribs for him,’ roared a voice.at tickle someone’s ribs (v.) under rib, n.1
Lincs. Echo 22 Sept. 2/4: The German Gospel. Dr. Lenard, Professor of Physics, at Heidelberg. has issued a violent pamphlet against England, entitled, ‘England and Germany the Tune of the Groat War’.at German gospel (n.) under German, adj.
Lincs. Echo 8 Feb. 2/4: How delightful to get one’s feet under a table once again.at get one’s feet under the table (v.) under table, n.
Lincs. Echo 22 jan. 2/6: A lot of the poor bogtrotters from the wilds of Kerry [...] are too stupid and too ignaoorant to be deterred by the risks.at bogtrotter (n.) under bog, n.3
Lincs. Echo 3 Sept. 4/4: I do not like turbot [...] or people who say ‘Ta muchly’.at ta muchly!, excl.
Lincs. Echo 22 July 4/4: As for our cloddish behaviour in restaurants, I can on only say that I have never observed it.at cloddish (adj.) under clod, n.1
Lincs. Echo 6 Apr. 1/6: [headline] Car Drive that Ended in Ditch Sequel to [...] Mens’ ‘Pubbing’ [...] He blamed Franks for going ‘pubbing’ and said he was led astray.at pub, v.
Lincs. Echo 27 May 4/2: London’s sparrows [...] on the wiring of the vulture’s cage at the Zoo exhibited a cockney cheekiness which nearly landed them in danger.at cheekiness (n.) under cheek, n.2
Lincs. Echo 13 Mar. 2/7: [advert] Botheration! Another cold coming! [...] take Beecham’s Powders.at botheration!, excl.
Lincs. Echo 30 Jan. 1/1: In his view, the nation had become [...] ‘a nation of big-headed, bleary-eyed, Bible-backed lunatics’.at bible-backed (adj.) under bibleback, n.
Lincs. Echo 30 Jan. 1/1: In his view, the nation had become [...] ‘a nation of big-headed, bleary-eyed, Bible-backed lunatics’.at big-headed (adj.) under big head, n.1
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