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Sevenoaks choose

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[US] J.G. Holland Sevenoaks 292: I have to [...] promise to raise the divil wid her whiniver she gits a fit o’ high flyin’.
at high flying, n.
[US] J.G. Holland Sevenoaks 232: I have a little game with a rovin’ angel that comes kadoodlin’ round me [DA].
at kadoodle, v.
[UK] J.G. Holland Sevenoaks xvii. 239: When a man sells himself to old Belcher, he mustn’t squawk an’ try to git another feller to help ’im out of ’is bargain .
at squawk, v.
[US] J.G. Holland Sevenoaks 60: [We’ll] make a clean streak for the woods [DA].
at streak, n.
[US] J.G. Holland Sevenoaks 303: I’m a little interested in her myself and I’m going to pay for the splice .
at splice, n.
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