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Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 292: He was an under-sized, bullet-headed, beetle-browed savage.at bullet-headed, adj.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 292: He was an under-sized, bullet-headed, beetle-browed savage. Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 115: I would have given ‘a Jew’s eye’ to have known the old man’s history.at Jew’s eye, n.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 100: ‘Hot with the Tuscan grape’ I urged my passion with more than common ardour.at hot, adj.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 52: Don’t lush too heavy.at lush, v.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 8: You had a ‘right merrie’ comrade over night.at merry, adj.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 222: Odds wrinkles! here was a confession!at ods, n.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 108: It was in truth ‘a regular rasper’.at rasper, n.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 53: The smasher found his marks—and a hole was sunk at the head of the grave, by which the body was speedily extracted from the coffin.at snatcher, n.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 222: I was introduced by a piquant and pretty-looking spider-brusher.at spider-brusher (n.) under spider, n.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 51: I met the chap from Guy’s, in the Borough-road this morning, and he offered to stand twelve pounds for a fresh stiff-un.at stand, v.2
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 51: I met the chap from Guy’s, in the Borough-road this morning, and he offered to stand twelve pounds for a fresh stiff-un.at stiff ’un, n.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 204: I sould it upon time*, and gave him until little Lady-day. (*Time, in Connaught, means credit).at time, n.
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 219: On the wind-up, I found myself a ‘cleaned-out man.’.at wind-up, n.1
Rambling Recollections of a Soldier of Fortune 219: A number of meritorious soldiers like myself were permitted to exchange the sword for the plough-share, and become members of that respectable portion of the Connaught community, usually designated ‘walking gentlemen.’.at walking gentleman (n.) under walking, adj.
Recollections I 74: Twice a year, the tailor came to the house and fabricated the semi-annual stock of clothes for the male members, this being called ‘whipping the cat.’.at whip the cat, v.
Recollections I 210: His special admirers saw great merit in [...] his long shaggy goat.at goat, n.2
Recollections 37: If I indulged at all, I would be very apt to do some very tall drinking.at tall, adj.
Recollections 158: The Maori exclaimed, ‘You think he dead, by gorry that the first time he ever do that.’.at py korry!, excl.
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