10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLOCKDOLAGER»
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1
The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
slockdolager. , see SOCKDOLAGER. slog . (A period of) hard, steady work: coll:
1888. Ex v., 6. 2. A hard punch or blow; (at cricket) a hard hit: coll: 1867 (Lewis);
as a SLOGGER (sense 3), it appears also in 1867 (ibid.), but is rare. Ex v., 1; cf. v.
, ...
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
P.B.: cf. also the older slubberdegullion. slockdolager; slogdollager. See
sockdolager. slog, n. (A period of) hard, steady work: coll.: 1888 (OED). Hence,
have a slog on, to work hard or hurriedly or both: id. Ex v., 6.—2. A hard punch or
blow; ...
3
Punch's pocket book for 1844 (-1881).
Clear off! Absquotilate ! Thou 'coon, thou 'possum ! Thou *st whittled down my
patience to a point. And now I 'm dangerous, like an airthquake with A touch of
streaky lightning. Get thee hence, Or I will fetch thee a slockdolager Shall whop
thee ...
4
The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued ...
Old Slockdolager, the late master of the hunt, had been in the habit of having
Tom Towler, the huntsman, to his lodgings the night before hunting, where, over
a glass of gin-and-water they discussed the doings of the day and the general ...
5
The Clockmaker, Or Sayings and Doings of Sam. Slick of ...
I'd atanned his jacket for him ; I'd alarned him to carry a civil tongue in hishead,
the nasty, drunk en, onmannerly, good-for-nothin beast; more nor once, I felt my
fingers itch to give him a slockdolager under the ear; but he ain't worth mindin, ...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1839
6
The clockmaker: or, The sayings and doings of Sam Slick, of ...
Thinks I to myself, what on airth shall I do ? shall I give him a slockdolager onder
the ear and wake him up, or shall I turn to and kick him in return agin? I didn't
actilly know what to do ; at last I gets upon my knees, jist lays hold of him by the ...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1841
7
The Clockmaker, Or, The Sayings of Samuel Slick, of ...
Thinks I to myself, what on airth shall I do ? shall I give him a slockdolager onder
the ear and wake him up, or shall I turn to and kick him in return agin ? I didn't
actilly know what to do ; at last I gets upon my knees, gist lays hold of i him by the
...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1840
8
The clockmaker; or The sayings and doings of Samuel Slick, ...
Thinks I to myself, what on airth shall I do ? shall I give him a slockdolager onder
the ear and wake him up, or shall I turn to and kick him in return agin ? I didn't
actilly know what to do ; at last I gets upon my knees, gist lays hold of him by the ...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Samuel Slick (fict. name.), 1840
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The clockmaker , or The sayings and doings of Samuel Slick ...
I'd atanned his jacket for him ; I'd alamed him to carry a civil tongue in his head,
the nasty, drunken, onmannerly good-for-nothin' beast ; more nor once, I felt my
fingers itch to give him a slockdolager under the ear ; but he ain't worth mindin', ...
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1838
Old Slockdolager, the late master of the hunt, had been in the habit of having
Tom Towler, the huntsman, to his lodgings the night before hunting, where, over
a glass of gin-and-water they discussed the doings of the day and the general ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1849
