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[UK] Surrey Mirror 19 Mar. 4/4: He had two dogs and was undecided whether he should keep the ‘plum-pudding’ dog .
at plum-pudding (dog), n.
[UK] Surrey Mirror 23 Sept. 7/1: Mr Gladstone had ‘set his back up’ and was determined to carry the original rules.
at get one’s back up (v.) under back, n.1
[UK] Surrey Mirror 17 Jan. 6/3: Some people like ‘vamoosing’.
at vamoosing, n.
[UK] Surrey Mirror 7 June 6/5: Mr Barnes [...] denounced all the members [...] as ‘slabbering idiots’.
at slabber, v.
[UK] Surrey Mirror 22 Apr. 8/3: The ‘Rulers of the Queen’s Bench’ mitigated the severity of the confinement within the stone walls and iron bars of ‘Spike Park’.
at Spike Park (n.) under spike, n.1
[UK] Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. 4/6: Some passengers in a Portsmouth stage coach refused to dine at a hedge alehouse.
at hedge-tavern (n.) under hedge, adj.
[UK] Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. n.p.: He was variously described as being ‘freshy,’ ‘cherry merry’ and ‘juiced up’.
at cherry-merry, adj.
[UK] Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. n.p.: He was variously described as being ‘freshy,’ ‘cherry merry’ and ‘juiced up’.
at fresh, adj.1
[UK] Surrey Mirror 23 Dec. n.p.: He was variously described as being ‘freshy,’ ‘cherry merry’ and ‘juiced up’.
at juiced, adj.
[UK] Surrey Mirror 15 Aug. 5/1: ‘one over the eight’Powell [...] was charged with being drunk and disorderly [...] Prisoner told the Court that he met an old uncle and had one or two drinks. He added, ‘I suppose I got one over the eight, and I suppose became little quarrelsome’.
at one over the eight under one, n.1
[UK] Surrey Mirror 20 Nov. 8/4: There is the expressive phrase, ‘All behind like a cow’s tail’.
at all behind like the cow’s tail (adj.) under behind, adv.
[UK] Surrey Mirror 18 Nov. 13/4: The third oldest member of the Council had come in for more critcism than any other [...] but he had always come up smiling.
at come up smiling (v.) under come up, v.1
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