1857 H.S. Brown Manliness 17: He never goes away or withdraws, but he ‘bolts’ – he ‘slopes’.at bolt, v.
1857 H.S. Brown Manliness 17: When he is humiliated, he is [...] ‘made to sing small’.at sing small (v.) under sing, v.
1857 H.S. Brown Manliness 17: He never goes away or withdraws, but he ‘bolts’ – he ‘slopes’.at slope, v.2
1857 H.S. Brown Manliness 17: If he sees anything remarkably good he calls it a ‘stunner’, the superlative of which is a ‘regular stunner’.at stunner, n.
1857 H.S. Brown Manliness 17: [of a dog] If he meets a savage-looking dog he calls him an ‘ugly customer’.at ugly customer (n.) under ugly, adj.