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[UK] Baily’s Mag. July 254: What I means, miss, is, that I has my reg’lars out of the shofle; them’s the terms that the guv'nor and me has always done business on.
at shoful, n.
[UK] Baily’s Mag. May 351: Right glad was I — instead of returning to Dublin — to find peck and perch at a charming house in the immediate neighbourhood.
at peck and perch (n.) under peck, n.1
[UK] Baily’s Mag. July 222: Here, in the old four-mile heat days, one well-known knight of the pigskin accomplished a feat which made him illustrious for ever.
at ...the pigskin under knight of the..., n.
[UK] Baily’s Mag. Feb. 220: ‘Got anything in your pocket?’ he demanded of the lad. ‘Nothing, sir,’ answered the young knight of the pigskin.
at ...the pigskin under knight of the..., n.
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