balmy
crazy
blasphemy
profane speech
bloke
man
cab
a carriage with the same function as a taxi
chap
man
circulars
advertisements addressed to a large number of people
divan
a low couch
dustman
a person whose job is to remove trash
guttersnipe
person of the lowest class
mendacity
untruthfulness
pantomime
a performance which consists entirely of actions--nothing is said
phonetic
representing the sounds of speech with symbols, each designating a different sound
phonograph
an old-fashioned recording and playing device, more recently called a record player
straitened
narrowed; confined
superlatively
extremely (a play on the linguistic term "superlative," which refers to words like "most," "best," "fastest," "slowest," and so on)
to have a drop in
slang for drunkenness
toff
gentleman
