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Tintin and the Picaros choose

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[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 46: We don’t give a tinker’s cuss for his revolution.
at not care a tinker’s (curse), v.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 6: The whole story is bilge!
at bilge, n.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 51: Blow me, look who’s here!
at blow me!, excl.1
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 54: I’ve chucked out that vile Tapioca.
at chuck out, v.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 59: Put my foot down? ... With this crate?
at crate, n.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 29: And that scares the living daylights out of them!
at frighten the (living) daylights out of (v.) under daylights, n.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 4: Off to bed, you old dipso. Sleep off the booze!
at dipso, n.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 53: Time for you to fix breakfast.
at fix, v.1
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 41: And what about me, left to rot in a lousy mud hut?
at lousy, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 41: And just where do you think you’ve been Mr Big?
at Mr Big (n.) under Mr, n.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 29: The dirty rat! I’ll have him eaten alive by red ants.
at rat, n.1
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 53: It’s super!
at super, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 9: Thundering typhoons!
at thundering, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 52: So you’re the top brass for these boozy brigands!
at top brass (n.) under top, adj.
[UK] ‘Hergé’ Tintin and the Picaros 51: It’s going to be a wow this year: thanks to us!
at wow, n.
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