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School-Life at Winchester College choose

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[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 179: The big wigs sat at the high table.
at bigwig, n.
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 202: Brolly – An umbrella.
at brolly, n.
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 180: Washed down by libations of ‘Huff’.
at huffcap, n.
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 23: Here there is no tuft-hunting — wealth and rank have little influence.
at tuft-hunting, n.
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 136: I was a tolerably good hand at the former [football], and rather a muff at the latter [cricket].
at muff, n.2
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 122: The Praefects would subside into comfortably stuffed seats between their scobs, and set to work ‘Mugging,’ (reading hard).
at mug (up), v.2
[UK] R.B. Mansfield School Life at Winchester 231: SCADGER—A Ruffian.
at scadger, n.
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 234: Sock – To hit hard at cricket.
at sock, v.1
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 238: Thick – Stupid.
at thick, adj.
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 238: Thick – Stupid [...] thus a Dunce.
at thick, n.
[UK] Mansfield School-Life at Winchester College (1870) 121: Twopenn’orth of biscuits, or a ‘Tizzy tart.’.
at tizzy, n.1
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