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Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 10 Oct. 3/3: Tho Jockey Club Derby [...] was considered ‘all over, except the shouting’.at all over bar the shouting, phr.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 10 Oct. 3/3: Tho Jockey Club Derby [...] was considered ‘all over, except the shouting’. Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 6 June 3/6: Thomas again got home on Joe’s conk, from which the amontillado continued to flow.at amontillado, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 21 Mar. 3/2: As for the whelters, tare ’n ouns.at tare an’ ouns!, excl.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 14 Mar. 3/6: Don’t be a passion, nig — we’ll argify and explainify dis ting.at argufy, v.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 25 July 3/4: Some people hintod their belief that ‘Mr. Barney’ had been at work, but this we do not for a moment believe.at barney, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 5 Sept. 2/6: Tom receving on the brain pan and the Slasher on the beak.at beak, n.2
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 30 May 2/4: Those black thieves have got their bellyful.at bellyful (n.) under belly, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 21 Feb. 2/1: ‘Blindman’s Holiday’ means night [...] —‘Darkman’s’ is the same.at blindman’s holiday, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 28 Feb. 3/6: I hear that John Bourke, alias Flash Bourke, has been blowing at Ballarat.at blow, v.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 7 Feb. 4/1: You call me boaster and coward if I do not accept your challenge. I hope you will make it the cool hundred; if not, I consider you are the blower and coward.at blower, n.2
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 25 July 2/4: The ‘boiling’ of ‘a pot’ has always been considered [...] to be amongst the most recondite of Turf mysteries [...] and so often ends in the bitterness of disappointment, when the pot ‘boils over’.at boil a/the pot (v.) under boil, v.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 23 May 2/4: A booming three-railer was the first impediment to following him.at booming, adj.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 10 Oct. 2/1: ‘Bosh!’ ejaculates the man on ’Change.at bosh!, excl.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 26 Sept. 3/3: I am glad to find a writer like ‘Hotspur’ taking in hand such unlimited bounce as that with regard to ‘Peter Wilkins’ .at bounce, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 18 Apr. 3/5: Some sparring; Joe one on Bill’s knowledge-box.at knowledge box, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 7 Feb. 4/1: Sandy delivered a heavy blow on Burke’s bread-basket.at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 31 Jan. 2/6: Mrs Charles Young’s benefit [...] was a bumper, and never was compliment more deservedly paid.at bumper, n.2
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 2 May 4/1: Hughes was thrown a burster.at burster, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 1 Aug. 2/6: ‘I never had the money to go in with [...] if I had, I’d go in a burster’.at go in a buster (v.) under buster, n.2
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 16 May 4/4: Thorpe [...] succeeded in getting slightly on the brain canister.at canister, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 5 Sept. 2/6: [A]nother tremendous counter took place [...] each drawing the carmine.at carmine, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 25 July 3/1: [T]he ring was quickly pitched, and [...] Job Cobley shied his castor within the arena.at castor, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 2 May 4/1: He received a nasty one on the chattertrap.at chatterbox, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 18 Apr. 2/4: Whatever antiquated notions certain white-chokerites may indulge in, the worthy Master of the Melbourne Hunt saw no sin in a calling a muster of his sporting friends on a day ranking specially holy in calendar.at white-choker, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 30 May 2/5: ‘Why you shall hedge your bets, you new-chum sweep’.at new-chum, adj.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 17 Oct. 4/1: [G]etting home lightly on Johnny’s conk.at conk, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 18 Apr. 3/5: Kitchen went to work [...] with one-two on his opponent’s left peeper and conch.at conk, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 25 July 3/4: Nat Langham made a collection among a few Corinthians frequenting his house.at corinthian, n.
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 10 Oct. 3/2: The false report that was spread [...] as to the chestnut [horse] being ‘a cow in action and in heart,’ should not have been so implicitly believed in.at cow, n.1
Bell’s Life in Victoria (Melbourne) 4 July 4/3: So, pals, here you’ll find as I’m fly, / For the lay as’ll best stand the shot, / Crib-cracking or faking the cly.at crib-cracking (n.) under crib, n.1
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