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[UK] Eve. Exp. (Cardiff) 11 Dec. 3/4: [headline] PROFESSORSHIP OF SLANG. Another ‘Put-up-Job’ — The latest from Oxford.
at put-up job (n.) under put-up, adj.
[UK] Eve. Exp. (Cardiff) 13 May 4/3: [of New York sl.] It was found desirable to substitute for [‘wheels in his head’] something more nearly up-to-date, and so the current expression, ‘There are rats in his attic,’ gained acceptance.
at rats in the attic under rat, n.1
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