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Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 28 Dec. 4/1: When the knock of visitors was to be heard, up jumped my aunt. ‘I must titivate,’ she said [...] Thereupon
ebe produced the rouge pot, a pocket mirror, and a scrap of flannel.at titivate, v.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 28 Dec. 4/1: When the knock of visitors was to be heard, up jumped my aunt. ‘I must titivate,’ she said [...] Thereupon
ebe produced the rouge pot, a pocket mirror, and a scrap of flannel. Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 3 July 2/3: These managers are supposed to be ‘kicked’ when they arrange for extracting the ‘tip’ from contractors.at kick back, v.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 13 feb. 3/1: ‘Holy city’ is the ‘surcussical’ term applied to this model metropolis by our irreverent neighbours.at Holy City (n.) under holy, adj.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 3 July 2/3: With us ‘kick’ is a novelty, but a drug at Ballarat. The essence of this facinating game is ‘bribery,’ and, of course, ‘corruption’.at kickback, n.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 21 Sept. 3/2: The gentleman, in a ‘Tommy Dodd’ chintz jacket, snow shirt bosom, satin unmentionables, and shoes with large rosettes.at tommy dodd, n.3
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 21 Sept. 3/2: The gentleman, in a ‘Tommy Dodd’ chintz jacket, snow shirt bosom, satin unmentionables, and shoes with large rosettes.at unmentionables, n.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: A young gentleman gets into ‘little difficulties,’ [...] He fears he will have to ‘absquatulate,’ ‘ missle,’ ‘ slope,’ ‘ cut’ ‘ dodge,’ ‘make tracks,’ ‘make himself scarce,’ unless the governor ‘shells out’.at absquatulate, v.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: If you ask him how he is, he is ‘all serene,’ ‘jolly,’ ‘ highcoct’ ‘ spotty ;’ perhaps he may be ‘out of sorts,’ ‘down in the mouth,’ ‘seedy’.at all serene, adj.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: Does a gentleman wish to express his admiration for a young lady: she is a ‘stunner,’ an ‘out and outer,’ a ‘screamer’.at out-and-outer, n.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: If asked to an evening party, it is a ‘loose’, a ‘blowout’.at blow-out, n.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: All the male portion of humanity may now be recognised, from boyhood to old age, under the title ‘coves,’ ‘buffers,’ ‘shavers,’ ‘fogies,’ and ‘flukes;’ buffers and fogies are particularly appropriate to grey hairs.at buffer, n.3
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 15 Apr. 1/4: It was out of all this that I came to give her — my baby — my little daughter — that odd, unchildlike name, Chrysanthemum [...] Marguerite stoutly refused ever to call her by it [...] and I, for my part, because the flower-name was really too long, shortened it to ‘Chryssie’ for daily use.at chryssie, n.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: All the male portion of humanity may now be recognised, from boyhood to old age, under the title ‘coves,’ ‘buffers,’ ‘shavers,’ ‘fogies,’ and ‘flukes;’ buffers and fogies are particularly appropriate to grey hairs.at cove, n.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: [A]ll opinions not agreeing with their own are likely to be ‘cram,’ ‘gas,’ ‘rot’ or ‘rubbish’.at cram, n.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: A young gentleman gets into ‘little difficulties,’ [...] He fears he will have to ‘absquatulate,’ ‘ missle,’ ‘ slope,’ ‘ cut’ ‘ dodge,’ ‘make tracks,’ ‘make himself scarce,’ unless the governor ‘shells out’.at cut, v.2
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: A young gentleman gets into ‘little difficulties,’ [...] He fears he will have to ‘absquatulate,’ ‘ missle,’ ‘ slope,’ ‘ cut’ ‘ dodge,’ ‘make tracks,’ ‘make himself scarce,’ unless the governor ‘shells out’.at dodge, v.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: If he possesses a vehicle, it is invariably a ‘trap,’ or ‘drag;’ and he no longer drives: he ‘tools it’.at drag, n.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: But if he [i.e. a father] won't ‘prove game,’ and ‘fork out,’ then I am afraid ‘it’s no go,’ and he [i.e. an indebted son] must ‘skedaddle’.at fork out, v.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: [A]ll opinions not agreeing with their own are likely to be ‘cram,’ ‘gas,’ ‘rot’ or ‘rubbish’.at gas, n.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: But if he [i.e. a father] won't ‘prove game,’ and ‘fork out,’ then I am afraid ‘it’s no go,’ and he [i.e. an indebted son] must ‘skedaddle’.at no go, n.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: His food is his ‘grub;’ his drink, his ‘lush;’ his cigar, his ‘weed’.at grub, n.2
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: A young man lives nowhere now: he ‘hangs out’ or is ‘stowed away’ some where.at hang out, v.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: If you ask him how he is, he is ‘all serene,’ ‘jolly,’ ‘ highcoct’ ‘ spotty ;’ perhaps he may be ‘out of sorts,’ ‘down in the mouth,’ ‘seedy’.at highcoct, adj.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: Sometimes he may be tempted out on a ‘lark,’ or a ‘spree’.at lark, n.2
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: If asked to an evening party, it is a ‘loose’, a ‘blowout’.at loose, n.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: His food is his ‘grub;’ his drink, his ‘lush;’ his cigar, his ‘weed’.at lush, n.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: A young gentleman gets into ‘little difficulties,’ [...] He fears he will have to ‘absquatulate,’ ‘ missle,’ ‘ slope,’ ‘ cut’ ‘ dodge,’ ‘make tracks,’ ‘make himself scarce,’ unless the governor ‘shells out’.at mizzle, v.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 2/1: [W]hen they get marredi, they are ‘noosed,’ ‘coupled,’ ‘spliced,’ ‘paired’ and ‘squelched’.at noose, v.
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: [A]ll opinions not agreeing with their own are likely to be ‘cram,’ ‘gas,’ ‘rot’ or ‘rubbish’.at rot, n.1
Hamilton Spectator (Vic.) 7 Jan. 1/7: Does a gentleman wish to express his admiration for a young lady: she is a ‘stunner,’ an ‘out and outer,’ a ‘screamer’.at screamer, n.
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