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[UK] Prince Hoare Prize II i: I care not a pin for the ladies.
at not care a pin, v.
[UK] Prince Hoare Prize II ii: Damn it, I’m nailed to the counter like a bad shilling.
at bad shilling (n.) under bad, adj.
[UK] Prince Hoare Prize II i: What the deuce do you mean by this little jacket?
at what the deuce...?, phr.
[UK] Prince Hoare Prize II ii: Ecod! It would be a neat trick.
at ecod!, excl.
[UK] Prince Hoare Prize II ii: It would be a neat trick enough to take the cousin and fob this copper captain off with a girl without a sixpence.
at fob someone off (v.) under fob, v.
[UK] Prince Hoare Prize I ii: Never more will I look on a gallipot—you shall never more know me to have been an apothecary.
at gallipot, n.
[UK] Prince Hoare Prize I i: Odso! ask pardon, sir.
at odso! (excl.) under ods, n.
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