[132] To fix one’s flint: i.e., to do for him; to settle his hash; to cook his goose; to wind up his worsted.
[133] A gum game: i.e., a swindle, fraudulent transaction, or imposition.
[134] Squash, a vegetable resembling a small pumpkin, tasting like vegetable marrow.
[135] Sass. A New England term for vegetables for the table, known collectively as garden sass (or sarse). “Long sass” is applied to long vegetables, such as carrots and radishes, and “short sass” to round ones.
[136] Lord Randolph Churchill.
[137] Mr. Sullivan’s playful name for his cell in Tullamore gaol, where he was treated with a little less severity than some of his fellow political prisoners.
[138] Ye Sette of Odd Volumes, a small and very exclusive literary society founded in 1878 by Mr. Bernard Quaritch. The Brethren (as they style themselves) are united once a month to form a perfect sette for the purposes of Conviviality, and Mutual Admiration. The Brethren are, for the most part, men of note in Art, Literature, or the Drama. Each “Odd Volume” has his special title and office in the “Sette,” many of the observances at the meetings are quaint and peculiar, whilst the dainty little Opuscula containing reports of their proceedings are eagerly sought after by collectors of literary curiosities.
[139] Proprietor of the Daily Telegraph, London.
[140] “Forsitan et nostrum nomen miscebitur istis.” Dr. Goldsmith quoting Ovid.
[141] The Common Council of the City of London.