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[UK] M. Lemon Jest Book 205: Carrots Classically Considered. Why scorn red hair?
at carrots, n.
[UK] M. Lemon Jest Book 238: Show me the blade that is not out of temper when plunged into hot water.
at hot water, n.
[UK] M. Lemon Jest Book 252: A friend remarking to Plunkett how sick of his promotion the passage must have made the new comer; ‘Yes,’ replied the ex-chancellor, ruefully, / ‘But it won’t make him throw up the seals.’.
at throw up, v.
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