the blues
»It gave me the blues for a day or two—that bit of news.» (T. T. T. 146. 20.)
A waiter.
»Nobody likes a fit of the blues.» (The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow 27. 3.)
A shortened form of blue devils = despondency, depression of spirits.
Cf. the dismals.
bob, tanner, quid
»A rise of two bob a week.» (T. T. T. 156. 18.)
Uneducated young man.