Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ... is a weeping willow, and to sleep is to plough the deep. A certain bibulous and quarrelsome peer was told by a cabman that he hadn't been "first for a bubble." It was probably only too true; but what do you think it means? It meant that he hadn't been First of October for a bubble and squeak: reduced to essentials, sober for a week. All this and more my friend told me. Here are some anatomical terms. The face is the Chevy, from Chevy Chase; the nose is J suppose, this being one of the cases where the whole phrase is always used; the brain is the once again, shortened to once; the eye is a mince, from mince pie; the hand is bag, from bag of sand; the arm the false, from false alarm. A certain important part of one's anatomy is the Derby, or Derby Kell, from one Derby Kelly, and the garment that covers it is the Charlie, from Charlie Prescott; but who these heroes were I have not discovered. A collar is an Oxford, from Oxford scholar. Nothing, you see, is gained by rhyming slang; no saving in time; and often indeed the slang term is longer than the real word, as in tie, which is all me, from all me eye, and hat, which is this and that in full. Your feet are your plates from plates of meat; your boots are your daisies, from daisy roots; your teeth are your Hampsteads, from a north London common; money is don't be, from don't be funny; the fire is the Anna, from Anna Maria. Whisky is I'm so, from I'm so frisky; beer is pig's ear in full; the waiter is the hot, from hot pertater; and so forth. And these foolish synonyms are really used, too, as you will find out with the greater ease if (as I did) you loiter in the Dolly. "In the Dolly?" you ask. Oh, if you want any more information let me give it: in the Garden--Covent Garden, from Dolly Va...
