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[UK] H. Ainley In Order to Die 210: [T]here came a series of almighty explosions from just behind him .
at almighty, adj.
[UK] H. Ainley In Order to Die 111: [T]wo other men went down either dead or dying—three others, badly wounded, were out for the count.
at out for the count (adj.) under count, n.3
[UK] H. Ainley In Order to Die 168: [B]etween his barmaid and his pistol-packing momma he must have had his hands full .
at momma, n.1
[UK] H. Ainley In Order to Die 111: [O]ne man’s glory inevitably meant somebody else stopping a packet.
at cop a packet (v.) under packet, n.
[UK] H. Ainley In Order to Die 132: [H]e had tricked up the stealing of his money and the desertion of the Bande Noire men and reported the desertion so that it would be officially recorded .
at trick up (v.) under trick, v.
[UK] H. Ainley In Order to Die 169: We finished that bottle in the same manner as the first—she had half and Hartz and I shared the other, but whereas he and I were definitely woolly, she hadn’t turned a hair .
at woolly, adj.1
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