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Nine Men of Soho choose

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[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ in Nine Men of Soho 10: I’ve just divorced him. Queer as a coot.
at ...a coot under queer as..., adj.
[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ in Nine Men of Soho 7: She said bang off: ‘I don’t like what you write.’.
at bang off (adv.) under bang, adv.
[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ in Nine Men of Soho 10: He lifted his glass and said ‘Pip.’.
at pip-pip!, excl.
[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ in Nine Men of Soho 36: Probably she’d roll up next day.
at roll up, v.
[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ in Nine Men of Soho 8: It seems silly to spend all one’s time slanging the army.
at slang, v.1
[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ Nine Men of Soho 34: When the pubs closed I was stumped. I’d no idea what she normally did.
at stumped, adj.
[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ in Nine Men of Soho 40: She couldn’t stand the smell of drink. She was T.T.
at t.t., n.
[UK] J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Welsh Rabbit of Soap’ in Nine Men of Soho 33: There’s no sense in telling a man you’re all washed up with him if every five seconds you’ve got to run over for another little chat.
at washed up, adj.1
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