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W. London Obs. 9 Feb. 3/2: Shop Sneak Thief [...] charged with stealing.at shop-sneak (n.) under shop, n.1
W. London Obs. 9 Feb. 3/2: Shop Sneak Thief [...] charged with stealing. W. London Obs. 18 Jan. 7/1: I met some people who put my eye in a sling [...] though I never said a blind word to ’em, they smacked me in the mouth’.at get one’s eye in a sling (v.) under sling, n.2
W. London Obs. 13 Mar. 6/5: Guests sampled sausages containing 85 per cent meat [...] ‘What was in the old sausage?’ Answer: ‘It was a bag of mystery’.at bag of mystery (n.) under bag, n.1
W. London Obs. 19 Feb. 6/4: He gets roaring drunk in a native ‘toddy’ house.at roaring, adv.
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