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Five Sous a Day choose

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[UK] F.A. Waterhouse Five Sous a Day 86: Don’t even hint at having got any information from légionnaires, or else they’re sure to drop on me as a traitor .
at drop on (v.) under drop, v.1
[UK] F.A. Waterhouse Five Sous a Day 72: Like a young fool, I let them sting me for my wallet and six thousand dollars .
at sting for (v.) under sting, v.
[UK] F.A. Waterhouse Five Sous a Day 151: [A]s dramatic an incident as one could ever read in a ‘thriller’ .
at thriller, n.
[UK] F.A. Waterhouse Five Sous a Day 20: I remembered [...] the vicious little Australian ‘whalers’ I had successfully ridden out in India .
at Waler, n.
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