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Singleton Argus (NSW) 29 Dec. 1/6: No runners, gamblers, drunkards, thieves or scalp tickets permitted.at scalp ticket (n.) under scalp, v.1
Singleton Argus (NSW) 29 Dec. 1/6: No runners, gamblers, drunkards, thieves or scalp tickets permitted. Singleton Argus (NSW) 22 Dec. 1/3: Witness knew the horse was a ‘bit of a nut,’ and hot tempered; he had been tackled about two months ago, but had to be let off, as he crippled himself.at nut, n.1
Singleton Argus (NSW) 23 May. 3/2: Mr Taylor asked who and what this man was, and applicant replied that he was a ‘bester,’ who never worked, but got a living by singing songs at clubs .at bester (n.) under best, v.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 13 Mar. 2/3: Out of sheer kindness he piloted the lushington to his door, and to his surprise the boozer’s wife gave the good-hearted one the rough side of her tongue.at Lushington, n.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 7 Aug. 2/2: It gets on my works to think that we again have to turn round and do our work in the dark when we have the opportunity of light at an earlier hour.at get on someone’s works (v.) under works, n.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: Other fancy underworld terms for the same thing are ‘the twirl,’ and ‘the gate,’ and ‘the twist’.at gate, n.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: ‘Listen, let us go through and I’ll drop a spin your way; these things you found in my port are hot all right’.at go through, v.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: ‘Listen, let us go through and I’ll drop a spin your way; these things you found in my port are hot all right’ .at hot, adj.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: The ‘key’ is a well-known underworld description for an habitual criminal .at key, n.1
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: ‘Listen, there is another score in it when I see you in Sydney; don’t be a — mug; take the spin now and the rest after. If these things get picked up it will mean a swy for me, and that will be the key.at pick up, v.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: Getting the things ‘picked’ meant traced; the ‘swy’ was a couple of years in gaol.at pick, v.1
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: ‘Listen, there is another score in it when I see you in Sydney; don’t be a — mug; take the spin now and the rest after.at score, n.1
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: ‘Listen, there is another score in it when I see you in Sydney; don’t be a — mug; take the spin now and the rest after.at spin, n.4
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: ‘If these things get picked up it will mean a swy for me, and that will be the key. Let us stall out of town’ .at stall, v.4
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: Getting the things ‘picked’ meant traced; the ‘swy’ was a couple of years in gaol.at swy, n.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: Getting the things ‘picked’ meant traced; the ‘swy’ was a couple of years in gaol.at swy, n.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: Other fancy underworld terms for [a key] are ‘the twirl,’ and ‘the gate,’ and ‘the twist’.at twirl, n.
Singleton Argus (NSW) 4/2: Other fancy underworld terms for [a key] are ‘the twirl,’ and ‘the gate,’ and ‘the twist’.at twist, n.1
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