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  "thread": {
    "id": 473,
    "subject": "Another pip of the scavy",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1998-05-15T23:00:31+00:00",
    "last": "1998-05-15T23:00:31+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0008-0635@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Gordon Brain",
        "address": "gobrain at netcomuk.co.uk"
      },
      "date": "1998-05-15T23:00:31+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl) Another pip of the scavy",
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          "text": "As promised, some more feedback for Mantis's booklet LS-2, Languages Of The\nShort Sun Whorl:\n\nMost of it from 'A Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English', Eric\nPartridge (abbreviated Prt2). \n\nBob cull – a 'good fellow', pleasant companion, late C18-19 (Prt2)\n\nBooks – a pack of cards, C18-20 (Prt2)\n\nCard in a cart – I'm struggling with this one. Anyone got any ideas?\nOnly references I could find are as follows, but I can't see how they'd fit\ntogether:\nCard – as in Whorl currency\nCard – a device, expedient (c. 1700-1900) \nCart – a bed: army C19-20, a bunk\nin the cart – wrong, in the wrong\nin the cart – in the know (later C19) (all from Prt2)\n\nDimberdamber – a Cockney adj. C19-20, 'smart, active, adroit' (Prt2)\n\nDog's right - I've got a sneaking suspicion this might be rhyming slang.\nBut dog's right what? And rhyming with what?\n\nNanny nipper – possibly from nanny as in rhyming slang for nanny goat =\ncoat, hence type of thief who cuts into coats? \n\nPip of the scavy  - sense of \"a bit of the knowledge required\"\nMeaning: pip = each spot on playing cards, dice or dominoes; (OED)\nScavy – see below\n\nPure = adj. excellent, splendid, very pleasant (Prt2)\n\nPure keg – (can't find it on either of the pages mentioned – have you got\nany other references?)\nKeg = the stomach, human copulation, a small piece of common meat (Prt2)\n\nScavy = scavey = alternate form of 'savvy' = common sense, good sense,\ngumption (Prt2)\n\nScrape out – possibly from 'scrape the kettle' = to go to confession, lower\nmiddle class and proletarian Catholic C19-20 (Prt2)\n\nSweatin' ken – pawn shop, from sweat = to pawn (c. 1800) (Prt2)\n\nThat's all I've got this week.\n\nBrain gone!"
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