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[UK] C.J. Lever One of Them I 57: He only ballyragged me.
at ballyrag, v.
[UK] C.J. Lever One of Them I 235: He was suddenly aroused by the telegraph clerk’s demand for thirty francs. ‘Thirty francs for four words?’ ‘You might send twenty for the same sum,’ was the bland reply. ‘Faix, and so we will,’ said Joe.
at fains!, excl.
[UK] C.J. Lever One of Them II 290: ‘’Tarnal snakes if it ain’t!’ broke out Quackinboss.
at tarnal, adj.
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