1876. Hindley, Cheap Jack, p. 64. One of these brother boys was
well-known for his kid, that is gammon and devilry. Ibid. p. 3. The
rarest chaps at kid.
1883. Punch, 28 July, p. 38, col. 1. I was in it, old man, and no
kid, As a chap of my form can be in it, if ready to blue ’arf a
quid.
1883. Greenwood, Tag, Rag and Co. [quoted in Slang, Jargon, and
Cant]. In his opinion it was all kid.
1885. Punch, 31 Jan. p. 60. The world’s coming round to my views,
Charlie, fast, there’s no kid about that.