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General Bounce (1891) 181: Six weeks after my back was turned they weren’t worth a row of pins.at not worth a hill of beans under hill of beans, a, phr.
General Bounce (1891) 181: Six weeks after my back was turned they weren’t worth a row of pins. General Bounce (1891) 21: Though her fingers are occupied in folding Blanche’s handkerchiefs, and ‘putting away’ her gloves, shoes, and etceteras, the Abigail’s thoughts are even now far away.at abigail, n.1
General Bounce (1891) 63: ‘Go along with you, Mr. Blacke,’ replied the sorrowing damsel.at get along with you!, excl.
General Bounce (1891) 214: We turned into a Tom-and-Jerry shop to have some beer.at tom-and-jerry (shop) (n.) under tom and jerry, n.1
General Bounce (1891) 15: The wind suddenly shifted [...] and I knew then we should get it hot and heavy.at hot and heavy, phr.
General Bounce (1891) 25: You describe in well-chosen language the miseries of a ‘bread-and-cheese’ marriage to your eldest daughter.at bread and cheese, adj.
General Bounce (1891) 34: The woman [...] reeling out of ‘The Feathers,’ as drunk as Chloë, to use an old Eton expression.at drunk as Chloe, adj.
General Bounce (1891) 272: D’Orville’s as game as a pebble about money.at ...a pebble under game as..., adj.
General Bounce (1891) 132: We might get money – ay, plenty of it – if you were only like the rest: you’re too mealy-mouthed, Mrs. Blacke, that’s where it is.at where it’s at, phr.
General Bounce (1891) 73: ‘Give me the pail, you lop-eared buffoon – do you call that the way to feed a pig?’ and the General, seizing the bucket from an astonished chaw-bacon, who [...] managed to spill the greater part of the contents over his own person and gaiters.at chaw-bacon, n.
General Bounce (1891) 15: I was a bit bamboozled though once somewhere hereaway.at bamboozled (adj.) under bamboozle, v.
General Bounce (1891) 112: A fat little man, primed with port, but who, when not thus bemused, is an influential member of his committee.at bemused (with beer), adj.
General Bounce (1891) 156: The British soldier, with his clothing and accoutrements [...] – not to mention Brown Bess, his mainstay and dependence – nothing punishes him so much as wet.at brown bess, n.
General Bounce (1891) 17: Friday’s an unlucky day, Miss Blanche, you may take your Bible oath on it.at bible, n.
General Bounce (1891) 15: ‘Blown, Master Charles?’ said the good-humoured seaman [...] ‘Blown? Not a bit of it; nor yet tired.’.at blown (out), adj.
General Bounce (1891) 8: Though a pleasant, cheerful woman, she was decidedly blue – that is to say, besides being a good musician, linguist, draughtswoman, and worsted worker, she had a few ideas, not very correct, upon ancient history, a superficial knowledge of modern literature, thought Shakespeare vulgar and Milton dry, with a smattering of the ’ologies, and certain theories concerning chemistry, which, if reduced to practice, would have made her a most unsafe occupant for a ground-floor.at blue, adj.4
General Bounce (1891) 224: The landlord either could not, or would not, give them any actual information as to his guests [...] So the blue-coated myrmidons of Scotland Yard got but little information from Boniface.at boniface, n.
General Bounce (1891) 155: It was no doubt esteemed a ‘sporting offer,’ not that Oberson seems to have been man enough to ‘book it.’.at book, v.1
General Bounce (1891) 325: If I have to whip out the ‘breadwinner,’ I’ll be allowed something handsome over and above, see if I won’t.at breadwinner (n.) under bread, n.1
General Bounce (1891) 167: If his ammunition be exhausted he betakes himself to the bayonet, and swears ‘the beggars may take their change out of that.’.at take one’s change out of (v.) under change, n.
General Bounce (1891) 193: The whispered words [...] ‘Stand a cracker on Sennacherib,’ are distinctly audible.at cracker, n.6
General Bounce 343: After a long journey into the country [they] had returned bootyless to London, the sleepers undisturbed — the ‘crib uncracked.’.at crack a crib (v.) under crib, n.1
General Bounce (1891) 189: We fear he had rather go to a ‘crush’ at Lady Dinadam’s than sup with Boz.at crush, n.1
General Bounce (1865) 175: His wives [...] was yowlin’, and cryin’, and kickin’ up the devil’s delight.at devil’s delight (n.) under devil, n.
General Bounce (1891) 99: Like the veriest clown then ’squiring his red-faced Dolly to ‘the races.’.at dolly, n.1
General Bounce (1891) 157: We only finished the biscuit this morning [...] The baccy’ll soon be done too.at done, adj.
General Bounce (1891) 323: Take another drain, Mr Fibbes: talking’s dry work.at drain, n.1
General Bounce (1891) 343: Were it not for the case-bottle they would ‘drop it’ even now.at drop, v.1
General Bounce (1891) 3: One of those great solemnities which novelists call ‘a rout,’ but which people in real life [...] designate ‘a drum.’.at drum, n.3
General Bounce (1891) 73: ‘Give me the pail, you lop-eared buffoon – do you call that the way to feed a pig?’ and the General, seizing the bucket from an astonished chaw-bacon, who [...] managed to spill the greater part of the contents over his own person and gaiters.at lop-eared, adj.
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