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Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 10 Dec. 3/2: [H]e believed the persons alluded to were simply here on a flat-catching expedition, and if they could get people to take shares, depend upon it tbey would do so.at flat-catcher, n.1
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 10 Dec. 3/2: [H]e believed the persons alluded to were simply here on a flat-catching expedition, and if they could get people to take shares, depend upon it tbey would do so. Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 18 Mar. 2/1: The whole voyage was so pleasant that a lady passenger was heard to exclaim she had never lost a meal, the sea was so beautifully calm.at lose a meal (v.) under lose, v.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 31 Aug. 3/7: Mine bipe, I sohmoke him lebenslang; / I hopes to nefer shtop: / Und if man dells me ‘Gife it oop,’ / I schlog him on de kop.at schlog, v.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 5 Dec. 3/7: One of the most awful engines of destruction has been the concertina, or as it is more properly named the ‘constant screamer’.at constant screamer, n.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 10 June 3/3: It appeared from his own account that this boy had entered a hotel in Norwood and drunk ‘three butchers of beer.’ He did not know exactly how much a ‘butcher’ was – (laughter) – but if it represented a pint, or anything like it, it was evidently far too much for a boy of his years.at butcher, n.3
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 1 may 5/1: I think he will find her a very difficult woman to deal with, and perhaps she may go so far as to ‘schlog him on der kop’ .at schlog, v.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 9 Jan. 2/2: Many a [...] person has been hit and a window has been broken by means of a small pebble or jagged piece of lead, intended in the first instance for the bright-plumage parrot or the destructive ‘sproggy’ .at sproggy, n.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 30 Apr. 2/6: The general opinion was that there would be sensational developments. ‘Will they take him away in a hurry-up wagon?’ whispered one.at hurry-up wagon (n.) under hurry-up, n.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 8 Dec. 6/2: He certainly found a fascination in her society that he did not experience in the society of the very many tanned and fagged-looking ‘spins’ and grass widows who comprised the major part of the bon ton of Lahore.at spin, n.2
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 5 Sept. 6/2: ‘Hullo!’ said Col. Wingate, [...] By Jove, it isn’t Carr-Jones; it’s Polhill and Ulmun! Oh! bobbery: here, I’ll lay a hundred to one in gold mohurs against the griffs!’ .at bobbery!, excl.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 23 Dec. 2/5: For weeks our menu had been ‘tinned dog,’ ‘'tinned cart grease, yclept butter,’ and jam and bread.at cart-grease (n.) under cart, n.1
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 6 June 3/5: There is a long ribbon tied round the throat with ‘follow-me lads’ ends that fall upon the skirt at the back.at follow-me-lads (n.) under follow, v.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 3 Oct. 1/9: Mr. Parsons said Glatz had. been under what was known as the ‘Blackfellows’ Act’ in order that he might be prevented from taking liquor. He had made gallant attempts to resist temptation, but had, fallen a. victim to it.at blackfellows’ act, n.
Eve. Jrnl (Adelaide) 24 Aug. 4/6: Johnson told witness that Black had promised to assist him in the robbery, but had ‘died’ on it.at die on it (v.) under die, v.
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