pound sterling.

Rag.--Song in rag time.
Rattled--Excited; confused.
Recomeniber.--Remember.
Renege.--To fail to follow suit (in playing cards); to quit.
Rile--To annoy.
Riled--Roused to anger.
Ringer.--Expert.
Rook, to.--To "take down."
Rouse (or Roust).--To upbraid with many words.
Ructions.--Growling; argument.
Run 'is final.--Died.

Sawing wood--"Bluffing;" biding one's time.
School.--A club; a clique of gamblers, or others.
Scoot.--To hurry; to scuttle.
Scrap.--Fight.
Shicker--Intoxicating liquor.
Skite.--To boast.
Slam,--Making all the tricks (in card-playing).
Sling.--Discard; throw.
Slope, to.--To leave in haste.
Smooge.--To flatter or fawn; to bill and coo.
Snarky--Angry.
Sock it into.--To administer physical punishment.
S.O.S--Signal of distress or warning, used in telegraphy.
Spare my days.--A pious ejaculation.
Spell.--Rest or change.
Sprag--To accost truculently; to convince.
Spuds.--Potatoes.
Square.--Upright; honest.
Squeak.--To give away a secret.
Stoke.--Eat.
Stop one.--To receive a blow.
Stoush--To punch with the fist. s., Violence.
Strength.--Truth; correct estimate.
Strike me!--The innocuous remnant of a hardy curse.
'Struth!--An emaciated oath.
Stunt.--A performance; a tale. [At the front: a battle, engagement]
Swank.--Affectation; ostentation.
Swap.--Exchange.
Swiv'ly--Afraid, or unable, to look straight.

Take down.--Deceive; get the best of.
Tart.--A young woman (contraction of sweetheart).
Tater--Potato.
Throw in the alley.--To surrender.
Tip.--A warning; a prognostication; a hint.
Toff.--An exalted person.
Tony.--Stylish.
Tossed out on my neck.--Rejected.
Track with--To woo; to "go walking with."
Treat.--Very much or very good.
Tucker.--Food.
Twig.--To observe; to espy.

Umptydoo.--Far-fetched; "crook."
Up to us.--Our duty.

Wade in--Take your fill.
Wise, to put.--To explain; to instruct.
Wowser--A narrow-minded, intolerant person.

Yap--To talk volubly.

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