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[US] ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 9: He would get drunk as an owl.
at drunk as a boiled owl, adj.
[US] ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 135: You can cut the whole thing, — wash your hands of it.
at cut, v.4
[US] ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 134: I made you a double-distilled, first-class hero.
at double-distilled (adj.) under double, adj.
[US] ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 154: ‘Tomorrow be hanged!’ exclaimed he.
at hang, v.1
[US] ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 91: ‘Hang stocks!’ exclaimed Jonas.
at hang!, excl.
[US] ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 135: There are three ways out of this hobble.
at hobble, n.
[US] ‘A High Private’ Man who was not a Colonel 8: The human mind is so constituted that it hankers after shekels, when it has done work.
at shekels, n.
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