“I wanted to have a butcher’s so I took a Dublin packet and slapdash, a bracket-faced seven sided animal gave me a dub o’ th’ hick.”
Let’s dissect:
butchers: Cockney slang meaning look. Cockney slang, or rhyming slang, was most prevalent in the East End of London. It consists of replacing a word with the beginning portion of a rhyming phrase. For example: substituting ‘look’ with ‘butcher’s hook’ but dropping the ‘hook.’ It may have risen to wide use as a way to keep outsiders from a close community (Wikipedia).
Dublin packet: turn a corner; to ‘take the dublin packet” viz run around the corner – probably a pun on doubling a corner (A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words by John Camden Hotten)
Slapdash: Immediately, instantly, suddenly. (1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose)
Bracket-faced: Ugly, hard-featured (1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose)
Seven sided animal: you know this one 😉
dub o’th’hick: A lick on the head (1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose)
So, to sum up “I wanted to have a butcher’s so I took a Dublin packet and slapdash, a bracket-faced seven sided animal gave me a dub o’ th’ hick” means “I wanted to take a look so I turned a corner and suddenly an ugly one eyed man gave me a lick on the head.”