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[UK] A. Parkinson Cutting It Fine 69: Kitchen talk is pretty basic: what’s happened the day before, who’s shagging who, is she a moose, is she nice?
at moose, n.1
[UK] A. Parkinson Cutting It Fine 264: The chef’s in at seven o’clock in the morning, he’s working his nuts off all day.
at work one’s nuts off (v.) under nuts, n.2
[UK] A. Parkinson Cutting It Fine 236: There was a pastry chef, really under pressure, and one day he vanished from the kitchen. Someone went to the car park and found him lying on the ground, waving his arms and legs like a dying ant — he’d completely lost the plot.
at lose the plot (v.) under plot, the, n.
[UK] A. Parkinson Cutting It Fine 237: You had to make sure you were ready: 440 covers on a busy night. If you got slammed with checks, you had to be ready for it and you had to get that food up.
at slammed, adj.2
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