[GrannyGrump]

I am re-working some of my previous Edith Nesbit uploads, to add glossaries.

I have run across a few terms that have defeated my googling skills. I am hoping someone familiar with British idioms from the late 19th century might have some clues for me.

bakus :
‘There’s no one at home,’ said Mrs. Beale; ‘wait a bit till I go along to the bakus with the meat, and I’ll fetch it along.’

backhouse? some sort of pantry or larder?

all-wooler:
"He is a vegetarian and a Primitive Social Something, and an all-wooler, and things like that."
I presume someone who prefers all-wool fabrics or general purity in products, but I shouldn't presume...

susansides:
When the train began to move he did try to open a carriage door but it stuck, and the train went faster, and just as he got it open a large heavy porter caught him by the collar and pulled him off the train, saying: ‘Now, young shaver, no susansides on this ’ere line, if you please.’

Again, a presumption of some version of a free-loader stealing a free ride? (like hobos stealing rides on freight trains?)


My, what a hundred years can do to the language...

Any advice gratefully appreciated, thanks.