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Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Mar. 7/4: Mullen, the Irish distance champion of that day, not getting within the ‘bawl of an ass’ [...] of the winner.at within an ass’s roar (of) under ass, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Mar. 7/4: Mullen, the Irish distance champion of that day, not getting within the ‘bawl of an ass’ [...] of the winner. Eve. Herald (Dublin) 21 July 2/5: Rhyming slang is on the increase [...] but I think the limit was reached the other day by a ‘nut’ who demanded of the lady behind the bar [...] ‘A Watebury Watch and a Major Loder’. The Hebe, who was undoubtedly a ‘nutess’ [...] provided him with a Scotch and Soda.at knut, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 7 Apr. 7/6: I’d lay you tens that the horse had more brains than the bosthoon that’d been whipping it.at bosthoon, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 8 Sept. 6/1: It was intriguing to hear on authority of counsel [...] in a case at Chichester, that a ‘bizzi’ is racecourse slang for a detective.at busy, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 8 Sept. 6/1: In Gilbert’s Derby Day ballad ‘Emily John James and I,’ John, the ‘Constable Poorly Paid’ was described as ‘The Crusher’ — possibly derived from the devastating effect of his feet upon coleoptera.at crusher, n.1
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 8 Sept. 6/1: Slop is what is known as back-slang. Police spelt backwards is ‘ecilop’ which was shortened into ‘slop’.at esclop, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 8 Sept. 6/1: Slop is what is known as back-slang. Police spelt backwards is ‘ecilop’ which was shortened into ‘slop’.at slop, n.3
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 30 Nov. 6/4: Cockney bricklayers seem to have a quaint language of their own [...] bark and howl — trowel.at bark and growl, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 24 Nov. 6/4: I was chatting with a taxi driver [...] a Cockney who used rhyming slang. He spoke of his wife quite respectfully as his ‘bit of trouble and strife’.at trouble and strife, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 30 Nov. 6/4: Cockney bricklayers seem to have a quaint language of their own [...] frog and toad — road1891-1949.at frog (and toad), n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 24 Nov. 6/4: The East End tongue is rich in quaint idioms and rhymed slang. [...] The ‘apples and pairs’ [sic] are meant to indicate stairs.at apples (and pears), n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 24 Nov. 6/4: The East End tongue is rich in quaint idioms and rhymed slang. [...] To go ‘for a ball of chalk in the Joan of Arc’ simply means to go for a walk in the park.at Joan of Arc, n.1
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 24 Nov. 6/4: The East End tongue is rich in quaint idioms and rhymed slang. [...] To go ‘for a ball of chalk in the Joan of Arc’ simply means to go for a walk in the park.at ball of chalk, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 30 Nov. 6/4: Cockney bricklayers seem to have a quaint language of their own [...] bird lime — time.at birdlime, n.2
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 30 Nov. 6/4: Cockney bricklayers seem to have a quaint language of their own [...] china plate — mate.at china (plate), n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 24 Nov. 6/4: The East End tongue is rich in quaint idioms and rhymed slang. [...] ‘Thumping the old joanna’ is the picturesque phrase for performing on the piano.at joanna, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 30 Nov. 6/4: Cockney bricklayers seem to have a quaint language of their own [...] lump of lead — head.at lump of lead, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 30 Nov. 6/4: Cockney bricklayers seem to have a quaint language of their own [...] penny raffle — scaffold.at penny raffle, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: A ‘bus-tailer’ is a detective on duty at bus stops looking for ‘whizzers’ among the crowd.at bus-tailer (n.) under buz, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: There are many terms used by crooks to describe this person [i.e. an informer] who is known as ‘copper’s nark,’ ‘squeaker,’ and ‘grasshopper’.at copper’s nark (n.) under copper, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: Other [underworld] terms include : — ‘Flatty’ (policeman), ‘peach’ (to give away), ‘Peter’ (safe), ‘monkey’ (padlock), ‘stick’ (jemmy), ‘van dragger’ (motor thief), ‘snow’ (cocaine), ‘madam’ (misleading conversation) ‘stir’ (prison).at van dragger, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: The aim of the pickpocket to take a person’s wallet is known as to ‘whiz the dummy,’ or lift the dummy’ and ‘dummy’ in this case is borrowed from the equipment of the confidence trickster who always carries a wallet of dummy notes.at whiz the dummy (v.) under dummy, n.2
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: ‘Fence’ is the name given to receivers of stolen property, and, as the name implies, they have to ‘fence’ between the ‘screwsman’ (burglar) and the police.at fence, v.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: ‘Fence’ is the name given to receivers of stolen property.at fence, n.1
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: Other [underworld] terms include : — ‘Flatty’ (policeman), ‘peach’ (to give away), ‘Peter’ (safe), ‘monkey’ (padlock), ‘stick’ (jemmy), ‘van dragger’ (motor thief), ‘snow’ (cocaine), ‘madam’ (misleading conversation) ‘stir’ (prison).at flattie, n.3
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: The magistrate [in a London Police Court] was baffled by the words ‘somebody has gone the grass on me,’ which reflects the prisoner’s view that one his associates had informedthe police of his activities.at go (the) grass (on) (v.) under grass, n.3
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: There are many terms used by crooks to describe this person [i.e. an informer] who is known as ‘copper’s nark,’ ‘squeaker,’ and ‘grasshopper’.at grasshopper, n.2
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: A ‘screwsman’ going to his ‘fence’ would inquire ‘What price a pair of “gypsy gauns,” a “red kettle,” a “white kettle,” a “Newgate tackle” and a “prop”. The ‘screwsman’ is asking what the ‘fence’ will pay for two single stone diamond rings, a gold watch, a silver watch, , or gold watch and chain and a tiepin.at gypsy gawn (n.) under gypsy, n.
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: A ‘screwsman’ going to his ‘fence’ would inquire ‘What price a pair of “gypsy gauns,” a “red kettle,” a “white kettle,” a “Newgate tackle” and a “prop”. The ‘screwsman’ is asking what the ‘fence’ will pay for two single stone diamond rings, a gold watch, a silver watch, , or gold watch and chain and a tiepin.at kettle, n.1
Eve. Herald (Dublin) 9 Dec. 4/6: ‘Tea leaves’ for thieves appears to be a copy of the rhyming slang of the streets.at tea leaf, n.
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