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In the Fiery Continent choose

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[UK] T. Hopkinson In the Fiery Continent 58: Jeefies, man! You ought to have been there.
at jeepers!, excl.
[UK] T. Hopkinson In the Fiery Continent 85: Kid Jailhouse Blues comes with twelve glasses and a teaspoon which he uses as a measure to pour droplets of mahog into the glasses.
at mahog, n.
[UK] T. Hopkinson In the Fiery Continent 101: These last were ‘mailers’, purveyors of illicit liquor. They buy drink, chiefly brandy and beer, at liquor stores [...] and turn it over to the shebeen ‘queens’.
at mailer, n.
[UK] T. Hopkinson In the Fiery Continent 78: Probably at least one member in every Off-White family is a Play-White.
at play-white (n.) under play, v.
[UK] T. Hopkinson In the Fiery Continent 303: You sh--heads better all clear off back to your hotels. You don’t win any f---ing Pulitzer prizes here. In fact this whole f---ing Congo’s just one ruddy sh--house.
at shithouse, n.
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