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[UK] Northants Eve. Teleg. 23 Aug. 4/2: ‘What an imbecile,’ exclaimed the former. ‘It is the folly of this thick-skulled nation,’ agreed the Secretary.
at thick-skulled (adj.) under thick, adj.
[UK] Northants Eve. Teleg. 22 Feb. 2/4: New peers will be created by the King [...] there is a fear in certain good people that perchance he will honour a knight of the pigskin.
at ...the pigskin under knight of the..., n.
[UK] Northants Eve. Teleg. 29 June 8/3: It chanced that of oranges he had to write / And he worked like a son-of-a-gun through the night.
at like a sonofabitch (adv.) under sonofabitch, n.
[UK] Northants Eve. Teleg. 26 June 1/9: A parvenue went to a New York dealer to buy a [...] ‘plum-pudding’ dog to run after his carriage.
at plum-pudding (dog), n.
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