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Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 26: Drysdale [...] didn’t care three straws about knowing St. Cloud.at not care a straw, v.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 26: Drysdale [...] didn’t care three straws about knowing St. Cloud. Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 446: I knows I be so all-fired jealous; I can’t abear to hear o’ her talkin’, let alone writin’ to —.at abear, v.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 446: I knows I be so all-fired jealous; I can’t abear to hear o’ her talkin’, let alone writin’ to —.at all-fired, adv.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 29: I say, Drysdale, you don’t mean to say you really ordered these thunder-and-lightning affairs?at thunder and lightning, adj.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 153: Long before the Cherwell Drysdale was completely baked.at baked, adj.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 51: [of fishing flies] ‘These bang-tailed little sinners any good?’ said Drysdale, throwing some cock-a-bondies across the table.at bangtail, n.2
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 441: By Jove, what’s that? Dragoons [...] There’s going to be the d—st bear-fight.at bear fight (n.) under bear, n.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 36: Here he comes, rather late, in a very glossy hat [...] ‘Who is that who has just come in in beaver?’ said Tom.at beaver, n.1
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 365: Some soda water with a dash of bingo clears one’s head in the morning.at bingo, n.1
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 57: Then we fell in with a bird in mahogany tops.at bird, n.1
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 192: He wore a blue bird’s-eye handkerchief round his neck.at bird’s eye, n.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 371: ‘Yes, sir,’ said the butler, nodding, ‘D.T., sir. After one of his rages the black dog comes, and it’s hawful work; so I hope you’ll go, sir.’.at black dog, n.2
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 99: Hullo! here’s a breeze!at breeze, n.1
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 263: He [...] stood behind his oak, holding his brown George, or huge earthenware receptacle, half full of dirty water.at brown george (n.) under brown, adj.2
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 100: It gave me a turn to hear you translating ‘Punica fides’ into Brummagem wares just now.at Brummagem, adj.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 171: He goes up, and finds [...] tankards full of egg-flip and cardinal.at cardinal, n.1
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 498: And so the president comes out to see the St. Ambrose boat row? Seldom misses two nights running. Then ‘carry me out, and bury me decently’.at carry me out (and bury me decently)! (excl.) under carry, v.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 57: You ate four chops and a whole chicken [...] at dinner, to your own cheek.at to one’s own cheek under cheek, n.2
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 57: Then we fell in with a bird with mahogany tops, and, as usual, Drysdale began chumming with him.at chum, v.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 63: Old Murdoch was too pleased at hearing his own clapper going.at clapper, n.1
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 393: Hardy kept him pretty up to the collar, and he passed [...] and was fairly placed at the college examinations.at keep up to the collar (v.) under collar, n.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 369: You needn’t try to come the old soldier over me. I’m not quite such a fool.at come the old soldier (v.) under come the..., v.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 56: Well, you’re a couple of cool hands, I must say.at cool hand (n.) under cool, adj.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 24: A fellow can’t enjoy his breakfast after that without something to cool his coppers.at cool one’s coppers (v.) under cool, v.2
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 107: If his capacity for taking in cram would do it, he would be all right.at cram, n.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 51: I can’t cut my two lectures.at cut, v.4
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 62: That beggar Blake [...] cut me clean out in five minutes.at cut out, v.2
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 165: Drysdale was always dead beat at the Gut, and just like a log in the boat.at deadbeat, adj.
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 52: He wanted to have a deal with me for Jessy [mare].at deal, n.1
Tom Brown at Oxford (1880) 26: What the devil do I care.at what the devil...?, phr.
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