numbers issues.
tea-cosy a knitted or padded cover placed over a teapot to keep the contents hot.
hearing the four pages of Roman History supervising a class in Latin translation.
michin (slang) playing hooky.
coping the top layer of a masonry wall, usually sloped to carry off water.
pipeclayed whitened with pipe clay, a white, plastic clay used for making clay tobacco pipes or pottery; possibly a foreshadowing of "Clay," a later Dubliners story.
mall a street on the south side of Dublin's Royal Canal.
air a song or tune.
to have some gas with (slang) to have fun with.
Vitriol Works a north Dublin chemical factory.
Swaddlers! Swaddlers! Dublin slang for Protestants.
cricket a game associated by the Irish with the English conquest of their country.
Smoothing Iron a bathing place on Dublin Bay's north side.
right skit (slang) great fun.
jerry hat a stiff felt hat.
totties (slang) girlfriends.
josser (slang) fellow; guy.
