Auctioneering.
"Old Historic House;" i.e., Dormer windows, dark rooms, and the dry rot.
"High-class Furniture;" Another term for mahogany.
"Superior Ditto;" An adjective reserved for walnut.
"Solid Ditto;" When there is no other epithet possible.
"Elegant Modern Ditto;" In the gimcrack pseudo-æsthetic style.
"Handsome Ditto;" i.e., Consoles, any amount of mirrors, gilding, crimson silk, ormolu—all a little "off colour."
Of a Friend's New Horse.
"Ah! Well put together;" i.e., "He's screwed all round."
Platformulars.