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[UK] N. Mitford Noblesse Oblige (1980) 87: I mean slang in the sense of a tribal patois (e.g. [...] float, a mistake).
at float, n.1
[UK] N. Mitford Noblesse Oblige (1980) 87: I mean slang [...] as opposed to the adoption of modish catch-phrases (e.g. keen, ostentatiously efficient).
at keen, adj.
[UK] N. Mitford Noblesse Oblige (1980) 87: I mean slang in the sense of a tribal patois (e.g. scug, an inconsiderable or unworthy person).
at scug, n.
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