1882. Punch, vol. LXXXII, p. 177, col. 1. ’Arry on a jewry.
Fact is, I have bin on a Jury. New line for yours truly, dear boy, and
I ’oped it might be a rare barney, a thing as a chap could enjoy. I am
nuts upon Criminal Cases, Perlice News, you know, and all that, And,
thinks I, this will be ‘tuppence coloured,’ and spicy as all round my
hat.
Alls, subs.—1. See All nations.
1868. Brewer, Phrase and Fable, s.v. alls, tap-droppings. The
refuse of all sorts of spirits drained from the glasses, or spilt
in drawing. The mixture is sold in gin-houses at a cheap rate.