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[UK] Norfolk News 6 Nov. 3/2: Sarah Ann Moore charged [...] with having [...] stolen from his person [...] a chummy hat and a silk handkerchief.
at chummy, n.1
[UK] Norfolk News 3 Apr. 2/6: Two Faces Under One Hood. The tory party is now playing a deceitful and dangerous game.
at two faces under one hood (n.) under two, adj.
[UK] Norfolk News 2 July 9/5: As I passed [...] I heard Goddard call out ‘pot-gut,’ and laugh violently.
at pot-gut (n.) under pot, n.1
[UK] Norfolk News 12 Nov. 4/6: About to make way for a diplomatist better able to carry ‘two faces under one hood’.
at two faces under one hood (n.) under two, adj.
[UK] Norfolk News 4 May 8/5: The above Estate forms a most eligible Residence and Occupation for a Butcher, Kiddier, or Dealer.
at kiddier, n.
[UK] Norfolk News 17 Dec. 2/1: We can easily forgive the men who slip out of their boxes between acts in [...] theatres. They may whisper to their wives that they are only going to see a man about a dog, but they are really going to imbibe.
at see a man about a dog (v.) under see, v.
[UK] Norfolk News 3 Jan. 2/6: Arrah! ye dirty spalpeen! would ye pretend to know better than The Doctor?
at spalpeen, n.
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