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[UK] A. Wright Under the Whip 7: He had certainly ‘got’ it badly for this Nada Bigham.
at have (got) it bad (v.) under bad, adj.
[UK] A. Wright Under the Whip 15: Maybe he was banking on the Lad’s accident a week ago?
at bank on (v.) under bank, n.1
[UK] A. Wright Under the Whip 26: It was only too plain what was in the old fox’s mind.
at fox, n.1
[UK] A. Wright Under the Whip 15: Not much happened [...] that the ‘wise boys’ did not get to know about.
at wise guy, n.
[UK] A. Wright Under the Whip 8: I wouldn’t get too het-up about it if I were you.
at het up, adj.
[UK] A. Wright Under the Whip 7: Andrew seems to be quite a tough nut when he gets down to talking business.
at tough nut, n.
[UK] A. Wright Under the Whip 15: His sort always put skirt-chasing before anything else.
at skirt-chaser (n.) under skirt, n.
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