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’Tween Snow and Fire choose

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[UK] B. Mitford ’Tween Snow and Fire 148: Milne’s ‘blanket friends’ have paid him off in a coin he didn’t bargain for. [Ibid.] 231: There were a few muttered jeers about ‘the nigger’s friend’ and getting into the Assembly on the strength of ‘blanket votes’.
at blanket, n.
[UK] B. Mitford ’Tween Snow and Fire 222: ‘That’s McDonald’s ‘Cape Smoke,’ laughed the police sergeant.
at cape smoke, n.
[UK] B. Mitford ’Tween Snow and Fire 230: A cheeky nigger? Give him fits, Mister! Knock him into the middle of next week!
at give someone fits (v.) under fit, n.3
[UK] B. Mitford ’Tween Snow and Fire 76: We’ll pay off some old scores on Jack Kafir’s hide.
at Jack Kaffir (n.) under kaffir, n.
[UK] B. Mitford ’Tween Snow and Fire 59: I’ll have the old schelm in the tronk by to-night.
at tronk, n.
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