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Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 18 Mar. 1/4: A gentleman [...] missed his toothbrush, and [...] was astonished to perceive a country gawk applying it to his tobacco stained ivories.at country gawk (n.) under country, adj.
Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 18 Mar. 1/4: A gentleman [...] missed his toothbrush, and [...] was astonished to perceive a country gawk applying it to his tobacco stained ivories. Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 9 Jan. 2/1: I intended to write a book about it all; and I thought, when I left the United Srates, that I would have to stretch the blanket a good deal to make out our superiority.at stretch a/the blanket (v.) under blanket, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 26 Apr. 1/3: A young man [...] was diddled out of $70 at St Louis on Thursday last, by the pigeon dropping game.at pigeon dropping (n.) under pigeon drop, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 7 Mar. 1/5: Lola made a speech in which she eulogized Hogopolis to the skies.at Porkopolis, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 10 May 1/4: Gentry laid his trouble at the door of ‘dead shot,’ commonly called whiskey.at dead shot (n.) under dead, adj.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 7 Dec. 2/1: Brown [...] returned to Kansas to upbraid his pigeon-livered associates.at pigeon-livered (adj.) under pigeon, n.1
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 16 May 2/1: A more narrow-minded, ill-informed, clod-pated set of boobies could not be found within the four seas.at clod-pated, adj.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 21 Mar. 2/6: His brigade has [...] got into more hard places and got out of them, than any other.at hard, adj.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: If ‘the acorn’ is waiting for one it means the gallows.at acorn, n.1
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: When a criminal has been taking ‘air and exercise’, he has been in the House of Correction; at college, or ‘boarding school’ when in jail.at have air and exercise (v.) under air, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: ‘Amusers’ are oprators, who throw snuff or pepper into a victim’s eyes, when an accomplice robs him under the pretence of rendering him assistance.at amuser (n.) under amuse, v.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: Thieves [...] have no use for a ‘croaker’, or a newspaper that ‘gives them away’.at give away, v.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: The detective [...] pointed out to the newspaper-man [...] a ‘Billy Noodle,’ a would-be masher.at billy-noodle, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: When a criminal has been taking ‘air and exercise’, he has been in the House of Correction; at college, or ‘boarding school’ when in jail.at boarding school, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: A ‘bulus’ is a doctor.at bolus, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: A cove is at ‘high tide’ [...] when he has plenty of money, while he is ‘shin-breaking’ when he has to borrow.at break shins (v.) under break, v.1
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: A ‘bung’ is a brewer.at bung, n.2
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: A ‘lavender cove’ is a pawnbroker.at lavender cove, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: Thieves [...] have no use for a ‘croaker’, or a newspaper that ‘gives them away’.at croaker, n.4
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: When they see the lamb is ‘cutting his eyes’ or getting suspicious they ‘dust’ or get away.at cut eye, v.2
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: A ‘dace’ is two cents.at dace, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: A ‘land-broker’ or ‘death-hunter’ is an undertaker.at death-hunter (n.) under death, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: ‘Ned’ or ‘dews’ means $10.at dews, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: When [villains] see an ‘elephant’, it is generally a man with big booty.at elephant, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: The detective [...] pointed out to the newspaper-man [...] an ‘emperor’, a drunken man.at emperor, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: ‘A figure-dancer’ [is] one who alters figures in checks.at figure-dancer (n.) under figure, n.1
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: They always drink fustian.at fustian, n.
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: The detective [...] pointed out to the newspaper-man [...] a ‘gaff’, a theatre.at gaff, n.1
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: The detective [...] pointed out to the newspaper-man [...] a ‘gander,’ a married man.at gander, n.1
Dly Dispatch (Richmond, VA) 1 Nov. 3/3: [Villains] have lots of names for money, such as [...] ‘gelt’.at gelt, n.
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