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[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 58: ‘My Aunt!’ said Abanazar, ‘you chaps are communists. Vote of thanks to Beetle, though.’.
at my aunt! (excl.) under aunt, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 70: That King cursed like a bargee. Simply disgustin’. I’m goin’ to write to my father about it.
at bargee, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 61: You aren’t going up for the Army, you old bat.
at bat, n.1
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 61: Stalky went to his study and pretended to blub.
at blub, v.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp’ Pt I in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 58: He came back [...] to find McTurk, Stalky [...] enjoying an unlimited ‘brew’ — coffee, cocoa, buns, new bread hot and steaming, sardine, sausage, ham-and-tongue paste, pilchards, three jams, and at least as many pounds of Devonshire cream.
at brew, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 58: ‘Well, that’s pretty average cool,’ said Abanazar.
at cool, n.2
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 68: Gum! Gum! Dollops of gum!
at dollop, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 66: Yiss, yeou, yeou long-nosed, fower-eyed, gingy-whiskered beggar!
at four-eyed, adj.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 63: Gummy! What a sentence!
at gummy!, excl.1
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 58: ‘My hat! said he, throwing himself upon the banquet. ‘Who stumped up for this, Stalky?’.
at my hat!, excl.
[UK] Kipling Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 62: But now, he has insulted Number Five [...] in the presence of these — these ossifers of the Ninety-third, wot look like hairdressers.
at ossifer, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp’ Pt I Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 58: Confound you! You haven’t been popping my Sunday bags, then?
at pop, v.2
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 56: Rippin’! Rippin’! Now for the Widow’s scene with the Princess. Hurry up, Turkey.
at ripping!, excl.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp’ Pt I in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 68: Hid in the coal-locker — and tweaked Rabbits-Eggs — and Rabbits-Eggs rocked King.
at rock, v.1
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 61: ‘Rot!’ said M’Turk. ‘The Head never expels except for beastliness or stealing.’.
at rot!, excl.2
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 59: Don’t drop oil all over my ‘Fors’ or I’ll scrag you!
at scrag, v.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 70: ‘Wait a sec,’ said Stalky.
at sec, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 71: Hold on a shake. I’ve got to tie my bootlace.
at shake, n.1
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp Pt I’ Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 70: ‘Well, that’s pretty average cool,’ said Abanazar behind a slab of cream and jam.
at slab, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 61: Of course Manders sneaked to Mason.
at sneak, v.
[UK] Kipling ‘Slaves of the Lamp — Part I’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 57: That little swine Manders miner must have shown him your stuff. He’s always suckin’ up to King.
at suck up, v.
[UK] Kipling ‘In Ambush’ Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 45: ‘All sereno, Foxibus.’ Stalky had reached the extreme stage of hiccups. ‘We — we’ll never desert you, Foxy.’.
at all serene, adj.
[UK] Kipling ‘Stalky’ Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 18: I’m afraid it’s all up with ’em. We’d better get out.
at all up with under all up, adj.
[UK] Kipling ‘Stalky’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 15: Of all the infernal, idiotic, lower-second asses!
at ass, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘In Ambush’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 42: Listen a shake. Foxy’s up wind comin’ down hill like beans.
at like beans (adv.) under beans, n.3
[UK] Kipling ‘Stalky’ Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 24: Come down to my house. My missus shall write ’ee a beauty, young gen’elmen.
at beauty, n.1
[UK] Kipling ‘Stalky’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 12: It’s an awful biznai, driving cattle – in open country.
at biznai, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘In Ambush’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 30: ‘Bother! Likewise blow!’ said McTurk thoughtfully.
at blow!, excl.1
[UK] Kipling ‘In Ambush’ in Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 31: ‘Turkey, you’d better covet a butterfly-net from somewhere.’ ‘I’m blowed if I do,’ said McTurk, simply, with immense feeling.
at I’ll be blowed! (excl.) under blowed, adj.1
[UK] Kipling ‘Stalky’ Complete Stalky & Co. (1987) 24: You’re no farmer [...] Disreputable old bog-trotter, you are.
at bogtrotter (n.) under bog, n.3
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