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[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 49: I did not bag the egg from the garden.
at bag, v.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 67: You are such a cheese.
at cheese, n.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 20: You are always cribbing something.
at crib, v.2
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 41: He found he could manage his Long Ovid [...] without the help of a ‘crib’.
at crib, n.3
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 8: Cut it. You will only get us into a row. Do you hear? Cut it, or I’ll lick you till you can’t stand.
at cut it, v.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 203: I think I shall fluke doing Verses.
at fluke, v.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 59: This is rather hard lines.
at hard lines, n.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 129: Hurrah! Purefoy, you’ve hit it, I am sure.
at hit it, v.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 291: Now you leather him.
at leather, v.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 70: Although you are bigger than me, I am not afraid to mill you.
at mill, v.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 32: ‘Tarts, cakes, and buns to-day, sir?’ [...] ‘Not to-day, Spankey. I have only just left home, and your muck might not exactly agree with me.’.
at muck, n.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 203: I wonder if he will get nailed?
at nail, v.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 3: Goodbye. Here’s a supply of the needful.
at needful, n.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 13: Hold your row, will you?
at hold your noise! (excl.) under noise, n.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 15: Your pater told me to look after you.
at pater, n.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 83: Pilkington, peg away to Fellows Pond.
at peg away (v.) under peg, v.2
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 92: Where did you get it? Who pouched you?
at pouch, v.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 71: If you think you are going to put off the mill we must have now by this sort of rot, you are slightly mistaken.
at rot, n.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 68: You know I hate saps.
at sap, n.1
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 10: Want some smoke, eh?
at smoke, n.
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 162: Mind you don’t steal anything, as they will most likely stick it up to me.
at stick up, v.2
[UK] B. Hemyng Eton School Days 206: You owe me thirty shillings, and I can’t tick any more.
at tick, v.1
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