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[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 4: Say, gen’elmen, this is deader ’n mud.
at dead as..., adj.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 176: ‘Consolation!’ sez he, bould as brass.
at bold as brass (adj.) under bold as..., adj.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 217: Christmas! I did n’t know it.
at Christmas!, excl.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 118: Jiminy Christmas!
at jiminy cricket!, excl.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 305: Hey? Town’s dry’s a bone.
at dry, adj.1
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 277: Great Caesar Almighty!
at great Caesar! (excl.) under great...!, excl.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 121: ‘One day he will be your master, Danny.’ [...] ‘He wun’t — not by a jugful.’.
at by a jugful under jug, n.1
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 65: When dad keflummoxes that way [...] he ’s doin’ some high-line thinkin’ fer all hands.
at kerflummox, v.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous cap 1: 🌐 Dad sez loonies can't shake out a straight yarn.
at loony, n.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 161: No reg’lar meals fer no one then. ‘Mug-up when ye’re hungry, an’ sleep when ye can’t keep awake.’.
at mug (up), v.1
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 181: ‘Git aout, you Novy!’ To call a Gloucester man a Nova Scotian is not well received.
at Novy, n.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous cap. i: Old mans piling up the rocks. 'Don't want to be disturbed.
at rocks, n.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 8: He was lighting that terrible article, a Wheeling ‘stogie’.
at stogie, n.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 175: ‘Sufferin’ Christianity!’ sez Counahan.
at suffering —!, excl.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous 135: ‘You should see one o’ them toothpicks histin’ up her anchor on her spike outer fifteen-fathom water.’ ‘What’s a toothpick, Dan?’ ‘Them new haddockers an’ herrin’ boats.’.
at toothpick, n.
[UK] Kipling Captains Courageous cap 1: 🌐 He’s clear distracted in his upper works. He ain't responsible fer the names he's give me, nor fer his other statements.
at upper storey (n.) under upper, adj.
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