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Derbys. Times 26 Oct. 4/1: I think I shut up ‘Show No Favours’ and his friend, ‘Hookem Snivey’.at hookem-snivey, n.
Derbys. Times 26 Oct. 4/1: I think I shut up ‘Show No Favours’ and his friend, ‘Hookem Snivey’. Derbyshire Times 26 Oct. 4/3: Give her a god sickener this time.at sickener, n.
Derbys. Times 3 Nov. 4/1: I’m glad my aunt saw through her, the spiteful old catamaran; she rightly deserved taking down a little.at take down, v.
Derbys. Times 25 June 4/6: It will be found that the entire article has been ‘cabbaged’ from an essay [...] by Mr Alfred Smith [...] Such an impudent piece of literary piracy [etc.].at cabbage, v.1
Derbyshire Times 26 Feb. 6/1: [headline] Washing Dirty linen in Public. The Domestica Relations of a Sheffield Solicitor.at dirty laundry (n.) under dirty, adj.
Derbyshire Times 8 Apr. 8/4: The conflict was between two worthy sons of the arts and sciences — one being aknight of the cleaver and steel, the other a man of colour.at ...the cleaver (and steel) under knight of the..., n.
Derbys. Times 13 Apr. 7/2: he mentioned gin. We had a glass together, hob-and-nob.at hob nob, v.
Derbyshire Times 26 July 5/2: Anthony Pig. The ruckling of the litter.at anthony, n.
Derbyshire Times 26 July 5/2: Arsey-Varsey. Head over heels (derived from the Fr. ‘à renverse à revers’.at arsey-varsey, phr.
Derbyshire Times 8 Jan.3/1: ‘Black Diamonds’ The Coal-Owners Song [...] Cry, Hurrah! for black diamonds at ‘Twenty per ton’.at black diamonds (n.) under black, adj.
Derbyshire Times 24 Sept. 3/6: I want none of your d—d lip.at less lip under lip, n.1
Derbys. Times 3 May 3/2: Yonder little lassie [...] is no come-by-chance , no child of any dissipated gentleman and his light-o’-love.at chance child, n.
Derbyshire Times 27 Feb. 3/4: A warm discussion then took place, Mr Turnbull threatening to summon the board.at warm, adj.
Derbyshire Times 28 July 6/3: He came trying to talk big to me but i told him what I thought of him.at talk big (v.) under big, adv.
Derbyshire Times 28 July 6/3: They tell me as there’s been rummish doin’s up there of late.at rummish (adj.) under rum, adj.
Derbyshire Times 3 Mar. 8/7: Those who have acted upon it will now stand on velvet.at stand on velvet (v.) under velvet, n.
Derbyshire Times 5 Dec. n.p.: I met the ‘super’ here [...] He looks like a yard of pump water starched.at yard of pump water (n.) under yard, n.4
Derbyshire Times 7 June 6/5: He also remarked that it was ‘hard cheese when a man couldn’t work’.at hard cheese (n.) under hard, adj.
Derbys. Times 17 May 2/5: In London he used to think a glass necessary just to give nature a fillip.at give nature a fillip (v.) under nature, n.
Derbys. Times 24 Dec. 11/2: We grew desperate. It mattered not to the myrmidon. His brothers in blue and pewter were within call, and our our expulsion at their hands was a foregone conclusion.at blue and pewter (n.) under blue, adj.1
Derbyshire Times 1 July 6/3: he wanted to tell the Derbyshire Times — (A Voice: ‘They want gobbing,’ and cheer).at gob, v.
Derbyshire Times 1 July 6/3: A detestable Tory rag (Hear, hear and cheers, uproar). he did not mean a toe-rag [...] but a tory rag.at toerag, n.1
Derbyshire Times 7 Jan. 7/2: Following him came [...] Mr William Chewkle in a brand new ‘draught-board’ suit.at draught-board suit, n.
Derbys. Times (Chesterfield) 17 June 3/2: They think they can put on me because my husband is in the militia.at put on, v.
Derbyshire Times 27 May 3/6: He called her a ‘toe-rag’.at toerag, n.1
Derbys. Times 5 Dec. 3/7: He said Harvey was ‘obstropolous’ and he was having a bit of fun to himself like (Laughter).at obstropolous, adj.
Derbyshire Times 13 Feb. 2/7: One way or another, he will get his own way when he gets his back up — to use an expressive vulgarism.at get one’s back up (v.) under back, n.1
Derbyshire Times 29 Aug. 8/7: Someone fastened a large sixpenny bottle of gum inside his long-sleeved hat.at long-sleeved top (n.) under long, adj.
Derbyshire Times 19 June 6/5: A man more or less drunk is [...] ‘slued’.at slewed, adj.
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