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Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Mar. 3/3: ‘We’ve had a clinkin’ tea for ninepence apiece’.at clinking, adj.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Mar. 3/3: ‘We’ve had a clinkin’ tea for ninepence apiece’. Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Mar. 3/3: ‘Whay, we’ve been had reight enough [...] Drat him’.at have, v.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Mar. 3/4: ‘Come on Swarf-hole, owd lad, owd stick, owd cocklelorum, let’s do it heavy’.at heavy, adv.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Mar. 3/4: ‘Od burn it, does he want a penny [...] drat him’’.at od(d) burn it! (excl.) under od, n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Mar. 3/4: ‘al, golldarn me, if you ain’t the most all-fired set of hypocritical sizzlers I ever roosted amongst’.at sizzler, n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 6 Aug. 5/1: Bank Holiday, or ‘St Lubbock’s Day,’ as the first Monday in August [...] increases in popular favour with the working classes.at St Lubbock’s day (n.) under St Lubbock, n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Apr. 8/2: By the side of the horrible old man [...] there was a bag just like the scran-bag Denny and me used to carry when we went out begging.at scran-bag (n.) under scran, n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 16 Nov. 2/2: ‘I will have more brandy, cuss you’.at cuss, v.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 16 Nov. 2/2: ‘You saw me with a woman last night [...] “a regular oner, painted cheeks and yellow hair.” I heard your description of her appearance and of her digusting conditon. That woman is my wife’.at oner, n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 23 Feb. 23/2: [pic. caption] Parent: There’s a screw loose somewhere, or you wouldn’t have lost that berth you were in.at a screw loose under screw, n.1
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 4 jan. 8/1: I’ll take blindin’ good care nobody nips in between me and my bit of road.at blinding, adj.1
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 4 jan. 8/1: If the carts was all rumbo and the ’orses all rumbo [...] you couldn’t git me at that game.at rumbo, adj.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 6 June 4/2: ‘Keep your shirt on, sonny,’ said the sallow man.at keep your shirt on! (excl.) under shirt, n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 19 June 17/2: The boys had ‘run the rule’ over the clerk, and taken even his Waterbury [watch].at run the rule over (v.) under rule, n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 1 Apr. 22/2: She declared a particularly strong aversion to ‘smock-faced lads’.at smock-faced, adj.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 24 Mar. 16/1: He fluffed and fluffed, but managed to struggle through the speech somehow.at fluff, v.1
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 13 Oct. 14/1: ‘Red-collar’ men, the best-behaved, most trusted convicts.at red-collar (adj.) under red, adj.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 8 feb. 20/3: ‘I comes ’ome, and my missus she jaws me out for bein’ boozed, so I gives her one for herself. D’ye brown?’ Magistrate: ‘I scarcely understand what is meant by “brown”.’ Clerk: ‘It means “Do you understand?”’.at brown, v.1
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 14 Oct. 19/2: Guess it’s foolish trying to come any tricks over me.at come, v.3
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 20 Nov. 25/3: ‘All Sir Garnet,’ he informed his companion, and together they stole through the gate.at all Sir Garnet, phr.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 15 June 19/3: He had nodded earnestly when his twin mentioned the rumminess of love at first sight.at rumminess (n.) under rummy, adj.1
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 28 Sept. 7/2: She lately owned a dream of a ‘sky-piece’ covered all over with violets.at sky-piece (n.) under sky, n.1
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 21 Aug. 17/2: Pothooks and Hangers [...] an accomplished shorthand writer promised to tell her all the minister said.at pothooks (and hangers), n.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 11 Mar. 1/1: ‘Browned Off!’ The Tommies in France are having friendly arguments as to their service, and, as one can guess, the Kitchener’s man has to bob down, or, as the term goes, he is ‘browned off’.at browned off, adj.
Sheffield Wkly Teleg. 14 Apr. 14/2: ‘Certainly, Slewfoot! I will wirte that you are a chronic optimist and an inveterate kleptomaniac’.at slewfoot, n.
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