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The Monkey’s Paw choose

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[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Bill’s Paper Chase’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 55: ‘I’ve got a plan myself,’ he says, in a low voice, after the boy ’ad ’opped off.
at hop off, v.1
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Bill’s Paper Chase’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 49: The next day Thomas was worse, and it was soon clear to everybody but ’im that ’e was slipping ’is cable.
at slip one’s cable (v.) under slip, v.2
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘The Money Box’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 119: This comes o’ listening to a parcel o’ teetotallers.
at parcel, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Bill’s Lapse’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 108: We ’ad a bit of a spree last night [...] My throat’s as dry as a cinder.
at spree, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘In the Family’ Monkey’s Paw (1962) 177: And he’s got a cough [...] a churchyard cough – I ’eard it.
at churchyard cough (n.) under churchyard, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Self-Help’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 234: ‘Narks,’ says the ’tec; ‘coppers’ narks.’.
at copper’s nark (n.) under copper, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Self-Help’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 235: You don’t need to flash it about too much.
at flash it (v.) under flash, v.1
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Self-Help’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 233: He goes up Tower Hill [...] walking very slow and very unsteady on his pins, and giving my two beauties the idea that ’e is three sheets in the wind.
at three sheets in the wind, phr.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Self-Help’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 239: We ’ad a bit of a scrap down Limehouse way with some Scotchies.
at Scotchie, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Self-Help’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 232: The ’tec told ’im about a lot o’ murder cases he ’ad been on.
at ’tec, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘The Guardian Angel’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 260: I’ve got the rheumatics in my legs something cruel.
at something, adv.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Fine Feathers’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 279: If she thinks that she can squeedge those little tootsy-wootsies of ’ers into them boo—.
at tootsie, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Easy Money’ Monkey’s Paw (1962) 281: The nevvy came round next evening.
at nevvy, n.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Easy Money’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 281: He’s got his ’ead screwed on right.
at have one’s head screwed on (v.) under screw, v.
[UK] W.W. Jacobs ‘Artful Cards’ in Monkey’s Paw (1962) 314: Fair old cough-drop, ain’t he?
at cough drop (n.) under cough, n.
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