Missing Cheetham

Further to my finding the death of Robert CHEETHAM in the St Mary's Nottingham Parish Registers, living at a place just known as Coppice, I am now looking for the death of his wife Ellen. I have found one of their sons, John, living nearby, on the 1841 and 1851 census but no sign of Ellen.
I am assuming she would be living in the same area as Robert but she may have pre-deceased him. (I have checked St Mary's from 1810 up to Robert's death in 1838).

I would be keen to hear from anyone who has any information about DUNKIRK FARM in Lenton Nottinghamshire. The CHEETHAM family were farming here from the very early 1800s up until the death of Frances CHEETHAM in 1881, when the land was sold for building development.

I plan to check the British Newspaper Archives as soon as I have a weekend to spare. I want to see what other information I can find about my families on there. Last time I searched was quite fruitful, although once again, the CHEETHAM entries are more prolific than the ELLIS's

I have recently bought a book entitled "The Dictionary of Slang" so as a bit of entertainment does anyone
know the meanings of these old slang words. All are English
bluey-cracking (mid 19C)
botanical excursion (mid 19C)
couch a hogshead (mid 16-early 19C)
curby hocks (mid 19C-1900s)
fake a pin (early 19C UK underworld)

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