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Murder in the Legion choose

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[UK] I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 210: Halstrom shouts oot at the top o’ his voice, askin’ why the hell we wanted tae talk aboot nothin’ else but you an’ the German’s murder [...] It was sae queer him blowin’ off like that.
at blow, v.1
[UK] I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 126: We met with a crash, blindly. My knee smashed into his face, and I felt the sickening impact of his bullet-head against my stomach.
at bullet-head, n.
[UK] I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 59: [T]hey swarmed among us, treating us with surprisingly little of the traditional uppishness of the old hand to the tyro.
at uppishness (n.) under uppish, adj.
[UK] I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 230: ‘[Y]ou don’t know Donald [...] He’s the greatest wangler I know. I believe he could get the Crown Jewels for you if you mentioned you wanted them really badly.
at wangler, n.
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