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[UK] Operative (London) 7 Apr. 16/1: Letters from London by the Irish Potato Eater.
at potato-eater (n.) under potato, n.
[UK] Operative (London) 31 Mar. 11/3: The sheriff’s black bracelets lay strewn on the ground, / But the lad that had worn them could nowhere be found.
at sheriff’s bracelets (n.) under sheriff, n.
[UK] Operative (London) 14 Apr. 12/3: But as for the lights, blow my wig if they were not all burning as right as a trivet.
at blow my wig! (excl.) under wig, n.2
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