Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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‘The great black fight at Bosreegaum’ in Oriental Sporting Mag. June 1828 to June 1833 (1873) I 121/1: The Mussaulchee was escorted by the cadgers, costermongers, prime slavey swells, and nothing-to-do lootchas of every sect in Camp [...] all with noise, uproar, shouts, threats, oaths and abuse, all in dust and confusion toddled on all agog for the fray.at loocha, n.
‘The great black fight at Bosreegaum’ in Oriental Sporting Mag. June 1828 to June 1833 (1873) I 121/1: The Mussaulchee was escorted by the cadgers, costermongers, prime slavey swells, and nothing-to-do lootchas of every sect in Camp.at slavey, n.
‘The great black fight at Bosreegaum’ in Oriental Sporting Mag. June 1828 to June 1833 (1873) I 121/1: The Mussaulchee was escorted by the cadgers, costermongers, prime slavey swells, and nothing-to-do lootchas of every sect in Camp.at swell, n.1
Oriental Sporting Mag. (1873) 15 July 395: [H]aving taken a pull at the brandy flask to ensure a correct tone to the system, we enlisted (a term we learnt during the Looshai expedition, Mr. Editor: – it means ‘puckaro’d’) one or two of the boldest of the bystanders.at puckerow, v.
Oriental Sporting Mag. (1873) 15 July 329: ‘Have a cigar? It’s a Portage – not a Trichy.’‘Don’t you refuse Trichys. If you get one with a good straw in it – one that will draw, it is as good a cheroot as there is out,’ said the passenger Monty called Bob.at Trichy, n.
Oriental Sporting Mag. Aug. 334/1: [H]e himself shortly after retired, letting me know, however, as he left the room, that he should be up betimes to have a ‘dekh’ at the stud.at deck, n.2
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