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[Scot] Aberdeen Press 16 Oct. 5/3: Some were getting saddle-sick seemingly.
at saddle-sick (adj.) under saddle, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 21 Jan. 5/1: Sir Wilfred got a roasting all round for inopportunely bringing forward the matter.
at roasting, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 21 Apr. 4/2: The letter [...] from a working man who honestly desired to ‘stand his corner’ in regard to the expenses of his country.
at stand one’s corner (v.) under stand, v.2
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 20 June 2/4: Some of the vices hinted against the Catholic clerics may not, after all, have taken place in the reign of Queen Dick.
at in the days of Queen Dick (adv.) under Queen Dick, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 21 June 7/4: After lingering a few minutes in the bone-house, the gravedigger returned.
at bone-house (n.) under bone, n.1
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 21 June 7/5: The resurrection man and the buffer conveyed the body to a species of outhouse, which the surgeon [...] devoted to the purpose of dissection.
at buffer, n.2
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 21 June 7/4: The resurrection man provided himself with a stout chisel [...] and with a mallet [...] the corpse was thus dragged from its grave [Ibid.] 7/5: The resurrection man and the buffer conveyed the body to a species of outhouse, which the surgeon [...] devoted to the purpose of dissection.
at resurrection man (n.) under resurrection, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 21 June 7/4: ‘Got the blessed defunct?’ said the undertaker [...] ‘Right and tight,’ answered the buffer.
at right, adj.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 21 June 7/4: ‘Got the blessed defunct?’ said the undertaker [...] ‘Right and tight,’ answered the buffer.
at tight, adj.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 28 Nov. A harropwing tale of one man getting a bottle [of whisky] a week because was a regular customer, and of another man who could not apparently get as much as would change his breath.
at change one’s breath (v.) under change, v.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 19 May 4/2: Motorists, like people who ride shanks mare, have many grievances.
at shanks’s pony, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 5 Mar. 4/2: [headline] Cut in the Army Estimates. Treasury to Put on the Screw.
at put on the screw (v.) under screw, n.1
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 12 Apr. 2/2: They must, in fact, scrape the barrel, and even then there will be hardly enough to go round.
at scrape the barrel (v.) under scrape, v.
[Scot] Aberdeen Press 2 Apr. 22/9: The letter ‘put the situation right back to square one’.
at square one (n.) under square, n.
[UK] Aberdeen Press 30 Dec. 6/3: The most common nicknames for the pleasingly podgy are [...] Thunder-Thighs, Tree-trunks and Fatso.
at thunder-thighs (n.) under thunder, n.
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