I was recently browsing in a library and came across a great (and relatively old) dictionary of slang. Alas, I forgot to note the bibliographical details, but I did jot down the following pieces of slang which deserve to be restored...
Quockerwodger: A politician acting under an outsider's orders.
Fetch a circumbendibus: To make a detour (A 19th/20th century colloquialism, apparently...)
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