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Of Human Bondage choose

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[UK] W.S. Maugham Of Human Bondage 585: [H]e thought the young man was getting a bit above himself.
at get above oneself (v.) under above oneself, adj.
[UK] W.S. Maugham Of Human Bondage (1991) 140: ‘She’s no chicken, Louisa,’ he said. ‘She was nearly grown up when we were in Lincolnshire, and that was twenty years ago.’.
at no chicken under chicken, n.
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