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Singleton Fontenoy, RN choose

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[UK] J. Hannay Singleton Fontenoy II 5: ‘It serves me right for deserting rum, my proper tipple. Boy, the amber fluid!’ Here Mr. Snigg mixed himself some swizzle and consoled himself.
at amber fluid (n.) under amber, adj.
[UK] J. Hannay Singleton Fontenoy II 31: An odd little place lighted by a ‘bull’s-eye’.
at bull’s eye, n.
[UK] J. Hannay Singleton Fontenoy II 31: He turned the hands up to ‘sky-lark,’ or amuse themselves.
at lark, v.
[UK] J. Hannay Singleton Fontenoy II 5: ‘It serves me right for deserting rum, my proper tipple. Boy, the amber fluid!’ Here Mr. Snigg mixed himself some swizzle and consoled himself.
at swizzle, n.1
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