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Raising the Wind choose

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[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind II i: I’ll expose that Mr. Diddler, blow up all the rest of the family.
at blow up, v.1
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind II i: If I don’t go back, and kick up such a bobbery — I warrant I’ll —.
at kick up a bobbery (v.) under bobbery, n.
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind II i: peggy: Deceitful— miss D.: Abominable— diddler: (Aside) Here’s a breeze!
at breeze, n.1
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind I iii: plain: How’s my old friend and all the rest of the family? diddler: Wonderfully well, my old buck.
at old buck (n.) under buck, n.1
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind I iii: A shy cock, I see.
at shy-cock, n.
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind I i: waiter: Oh. it’s Mr. Diddler trying to joke himself into credit at the bar. But it won’t do, they know him too well. [...] Sam, mind you never trust that fellow. [...] sam: Never you fear that, mun. I wasn’t born two hundred miles north of Lunnun, to be done by Mr. Diddler.
at diddler, n.2
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind II i: This fine fat-headed fellow arrested our flight through the town, to put into my hand this letter.
at fat-headed, adj.
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind I iii: Ha! ha! ha! a very capital go, indeed.
at go, n.1
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind II i: plain: So, she’s returning [...] Now we’ll smoak her. diddler: (Aside) I’ll join the laugh at all events.
at smoke, v.1
[UK] J. Kenney Raising the Wind I ii: The old toad’s got some money I reckon.
at toad, n.
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