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[UK] Herts. Advertiser 28 Apr. 3/7: The sum of £153 14s. 5d. represented the total offertories, and that the number of coins represented the average value of about threepence. This coin, it would appear, is still regarded as [a] ‘church piece’ in Potter’s Bar.
at church-piece (n.) under church, n.3
[UK] Herts. Advertiser 4 July 8/5: hen you meet a chap who’s looking ‘white about the gills,’ that’s a sure and certain sign that he needs Beecham’s .
at white about/around/in/round the gills (adj.) under gills, n.1
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