»Door-steps» at two a penny.» (Sketches 55. 5.)
The author.
= a thick slice of bread and butter.
fair
»I thought it only right to give it (the bicycle) a fair trial.»—»You gave your family a fair trial also; if you will allow me the use of slang.» (Three Men On The Bummel. 47. 10.)
A cultivated young man.
= regular, real, thorough-going.
Cf. a fair swindle, a fair old brute, a fair devil, etc.