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The Filibusters choose

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[UK] C.J.C. Hyne Filibusters 262: The ancients [...] were by no means the mutton-headed fools we moderns generally chose to consider them.
at mutton-headed, adj.
[UK] C.J.C. Hyne Filibusters 267: Now you turn to, you-son-of-a-dog, [...] and dont you try any of your nasty greaser tricks on me, or by the living whiskers, youll get hurt.
at sonofabitch, n.
[UK] C.J.C. Hyne Filibusters 6: There’s no consolation prize to look for, except a platoon, or a cable of hempen tow, and a tree.
at triple tree, n.
[UK] C.J.C. Hyne Filibusters 262: I came upon a walloping great stone, which I found that with a bit of a push would move.
at walloping, adj.
[UK] C.J.C. Hyne Filibusters 263: You were whooping mad with it.
at whooping, adj.
[UK] C.J.C. Hyne Filibusters 6: Only a few newspapers who do not understand, or who are interested in the other party, will yap.
at yap, v.1
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