![]() ![]() ‘Artemus Ward’ Artemus Ward, His Book 18: We must fetch the public sumhow. Braddon Trail of the Serpent 23: Don’t he come the hinnocent dodge, stunnin? Thackeray Newcomes II 253: Newcome is trying to come the religious dodge, as Mr. I 49: I’ve caught him, Julia! I came the sentimenta l over him. ‘Ned Buntline’ Mysteries and Miseries of N.Y. n.p.: A woman is charged with ‘coming the Sultan’ having sundry husbands at the same time. 303/1: You need not come the bounce too much without a feather to fly with.įlash (NY) 3 Oct. Glascock Land Sharks and Sea Gulls II 104: But mind ye one thing - don’t attempt to come the rig without we. Cunningham New South Wales II 264: One of these was endued with the natural gift of ‘coming the piteous’ (to use their own slang).ĭickens Pickwick Papers (1999) 589: Hear him come the four cats in the wheelbarrow – four distinct cats sir, I pledge you my honour. ‘A Flat Enlightened’ Life in the West I 284: Your toggery is better, and you can come the lingo so well’. He then comes the stale story of ‘If you will give me eight or nine shillings for my share, you shall have the whole.’ If you accede to this and swallow his bait, you have the ring and pocket, worth about sixpence. A Ring Dropper: a fellow who has gotten a woman’s pocket, with a pair of scissors, some thread, a thimble, and a housewife with a ring in it, which he drops for some credulous person to pick up. Parker View of Society II 166: The Fawney Rig. O’Keeffe Tony Lumpkin in Town (1780) 29: If you come the gentleman usher you’ll absolutely knock your head against my fistis. ![]()
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