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[UK] Gravesend Reporter 14 Mar. 8/1: Others, however, enlist boldly in the devil’s regiment, and swagger under his colours [...] Blueskins, Dick Turpins, Sheppards, and the whole ill-favoured progeny.
at devil’s regiment (n.) under devil, n.
[UK] Gravesend Reporter 16 Dec. 3/3: ‘He’s mean he wouldn’t even tell a joke at his own expense’.
at so mean... under mean, adj.
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