I am hoping it will be some sensible, pleasant woman. (Tommy And Co. 164. 12.)
A London gentleman with a strong liking for vulgarism.
Adjectives, adverbs, and other words are often accompanied by a pleonastic -like.
(Such-like is quite normal. In fact, when the word is not attributive, »such» would now be colloquial, e.g. »thieves and such» for »such-like», »the like».)
Adverbs are often substituted for adjectives.
It was awful gloomy before. (Three Men In A Boat 63. 30.)
Not a particular nice class as you meet there. (Tommy And Co. 17. 1.)
Uncultivated Londoner.
She’d come in regular with her young man. (T. T. T. 130. 3.)