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Slang and cant in Jerome K. Jerome's works

Index.

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Avast p., 33

as; as how, 28

baccy, 25 + 39

bally, 39

bang up, 64

berth, 40

blarmed, 53

blasted, 53

blessed, 53

blime, 53

blather, 69

blether, 69

blither, 69

bloke, 48

blooming, 48

blow, 53

blue (to), 49

blues (the), 28 + 69

bob, 70

boss-eyed, 49

bricky, 25

buck up, 47

bullyrag, 49

bunk, 48

chap, 70

chatty, 25

chip in, 40

chuck, 71

chunk, 62

clout, 50

coach, 40

cockey, 50

cop, 50

copper, 50

cotton, 71

cove, 51

crammer, 40

crib, 40

curse, 51

danged, 53

damn, 52-54

darned, 53

dashed, 53

dismals (the), 28 + 54

do, 41

doorstep, 54

dotty, 25 + 71

drat, 53

dreamy, 25

dusty, 25

fair, 54

fake, 55

feeder, 40

fizzing, 55

fly, 55

funk, 56

Garn!, 56

gal, 71

gel, 71

gent, 72

gone on, 73

governor, 56

Great-go, 33

grinder, 40

grub, 57

Honest Injun, 73

hop off, 60

hop the twig, 60

hump, 73

humpy, 25 + 73

jaw, 41

kick the bucket, 60

kind of, 64

lam, 57

land, 41

let on, 58

Little-go, 33

look, 74

mash, 41

mater, 34

matey, 58

milky, 25

missis (the), 74

missus (the), 74

mug, 58

nab, 59

ninny, 25

nob, 59

nurse, 33

office, 59

pater, 34

peg out, 59

phiz, 60

pitch, 60

plough, 34

pluck, 34

posty, 25

put away, 60

queer fate, 60

queer a pitch, 60

queer the stifler, 60

quid, 70

rantan (to be on the), 75

ratty, 34

raughty, 61

rheumatics, 54

rocky, 61 + 75

rorty, 61

rotten, 76

same as, 76

savey, 61

Sawny-headed, 62

shoot, 35

shove, 62

shut up, 63

shy, 71

sight, 63

sit, 63

sivvy, 61

skunk, 64

slack, 35

slap up, 64

slapping, 64

slapper, 64

slippy, 42

sonny, 25

sort of, 64

spin, 34 + 35

spoony, 42

spoons (to do), 64

spree (to be on the), 75

stodgy, 43

stoney, 67

stone-broke, 76

stow it!, 65

stow away, 60

swag, 36

swarry, 66

sweat, 35

swot, 35

that (so-that), 29

toff, toffy, 65

tanner, 70

Tommy rot, 76

toss off, 77

tree (to be up a), 66

treed, 66

tuck, 43

tumble to, 77

twig, 43

wet, 66

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