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[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 320: ‘Friend,’ he says, as far as I could make out his beastly lingo, ‘we’re in a tight hole.’.
at beastly, adj.
[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 235: A fairish heap of gold, collected over many years.
at fairish, adj.
[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 365: If a Maori takes the word of a Pakeha rather than of a Maori, it is absurd.
at P?keh?, n.
[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 183: We were all as near knocking under as possible.
at knock under, v.
[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 336: I think [...] that you were a little out when you called the girl a spitfire.
at out of order (adj.) under order, n.
[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 320: You went a funny way about it, but let me out of this rat-trap.
at rat trap, n.1
[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 237: ‘What’s to become of me, then?’ asked Ida. [...] ‘Well,’ he said, ‘that’s rather a snorter. I dunno’ where we could put you.’.
at snorter, n.2
[US] H.B. Marriott-Watson Web of the Spider 183: I’ll go bail we wouldn’t ha’ got another half-mile on our stumps.
at stumps, n.
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