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[UK] A.R. Cooper Born to Fight (1969) 117: . ‘Coo,’ said the sergeant, using his favourite expression, ‘let’s have a drink’.
at coo!, excl.
[UK] (con. 1913) A.R. Cooper Born to Fight 61: [W]hen I wondered what my pay would be there was an answering chorus of, ‘Sweet F.A.’.
at sweet Fanny Adams, n.
[UK] (con. WW1) A.R. Cooper Born to Fight 190: In the role of disciplinarian I crashed heads with an unruly Russian, a drunkard who caused a lot of mischief .
at bump heads (v.) under bump, v.1
[UK] (con. WW1) A.R. Cooper Born to Fight 224: [W]e were stopped by ten police mobile [...] this was one of the periodic comb-outs of streets in which the police hoped to catch criminals unawares .
at comb-out, n.
[UK] (con. WW1) A.R. Cooper Born to Fight 77: My hand tightened on my rifle, a bullet ready ‘up the spout’.
at up the spout under spout, n.3
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