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[UK] in J. Wright EDD (1905) I 567/2: Chat, to flirt with. Londonderry.
at chat, v.1
[UK] in J. Wright EDD (1905) III 232/2: ‘To go hoppy’ is to walk rather lame.
at hoppy, adj.1
[UK] in J. Wright EDD (1905) III 232/2: Among the working classes, lame persons are often nicknamed ‘Oppy’, as ‘Oppy Smith’, which denotes a certain Smith who is somewhat lame.
at hoppy, n.2
[UK] Eng. Dial. Dict. V 605/2: Phr. sod him, may mischief befall him. W. Yks. Sod him, he can go to —.
at sod, v.
[UK] J. Wright EDD VI 128/2: Thunder, Thunder-and-lightning, (a) brandy-sauce when ignited .
at thunder and lightning, n.
[UK] Wright EDD I.
at arse over head under arse, n.
[UK] J. Wright EDD.
at boldrumptious, adj.
[UK] Wright EDD I 463/2: e.Dur.1 ‘Who lives next door?’ ‘The butcher. That’s where we get our butcher's plums.’ Only heard once.
at butcher’s plums (n.) under butcher, n.1
[UK] J. Wright EDD I 571/2: Cheapy, sb. and adj: Yks. [...] A present; a second-hand article.
at cheapie, n.
[UK] cited in J. Wright EDD II 377/1: Here [i.e. at Redruth] we are often asked by youngsters to ‘chuck’ them ‘a fag’ and whole cheap cigarettes are also often called fags.
at fag, n.3
[UK] J. Wright EDD.
at good grief! (excl.) under good, adj.1
[UK] cited in J. Wright EDD III 52/1: A man having a bill brought in unexpectedly [...] would say, ‘I’m darned if I’ll be a hanged up like this here’.
at hang up, v.1
[UK] J. Wright EDD IV 95/2: Mess [...] Ordure, the quantity of dung excreted at one time.
at mess, n.2
[UK] J. Wright EDD.
at moonlighter, n.
[UK] J. Wright EDD IV 550/1: That turnip’s a plonker .
at plonker, n.
[UK] J. Wright EDD VI 137/1: Tiddle, [...] to urinate, used principally among children .
at tiddle, v.2
[UK] J. Wright EDD.
at wankered, adj.
[UK] Eng. Dial. Dict. .
at whizzo, adj.
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