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A Pound of Saffron choose

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[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 43: ‘Now Ezra Pound . . . ’ said Sparling. ‘. . . is officially bonkers,’ said Peter Dent.
at bonkers, adj.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 253: The way she talks [...] youd think I was a regular booze-rooster.
at booze rooster (n.) under booze, n.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 13: He’s another of these God-botherers.
at God-botherer, n.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 203: Jeez, what a creep.
at creep, n.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 26: ‘Do a flick this evening?’ ‘What’s on?’.
at do, v.1
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 177: You’re tight, you old goat. Come and have a feed.
at feed, n.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 245: Brendan’s a good teacher [...] but he’s terribly old hat really.
at old hat, adj.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 249: Harry calls him a holy joe, but he helped Harry out of a bad scrape.
at holy Joe, n.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 252: There’s a Queen’s Birthday hop down at the hall. What about coming along and dazzling the natives, eh?
at hop, n.1
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 49: ‘Out, you little screaming what-nots,’ he shouted.
at what-not, n.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 43: ‘Public School pinks,’ said D’Arcy acidly.
at pink, n.
[UK] M.K. Joseph Pound of Saffron 32: Shouldn’t you be doing a bit of swot?
at swot, n.
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