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‘Allah il Allah!’ choose

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[UK] A.J. Querle ‘Allah il Allah!’ 100: Corporal Kleig [...] had been ‘on the binge’ the night before. Apparently, also, he had a hang-over .
at on a binge under binge, n.
[UK] A.J. Querle ‘Allah il Allah!’ ix: ‘God’s trousers! But if that ain’t a good Amurrican accent, I’ll eat my own!’.
at God’s trousers! (excl.) under God, n.1
[UK] A.J. Querle ‘Allah il Allah!’ 37: [T]he gentle art of grafting is not confined to places like New York and Chicago. [...] I took out my well-filled wallet and saw his eyes glint .
at graft, v.3
[UK] A.J. Querle ‘Allah il Allah!’ 190: I guessed I was what we used to call in the old War-days ‘for the long jump ’.
at long jump (n.) under long, adj.
[UK] A.J. Querle ‘Allah il Allah!’ 8: And then some poluka ’way in Europe went and bumped off a grand-duke.
at palooka, n.
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