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The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea choose

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[US] E. O’Neill Long Voyage Home (1923) 24: Dat’s why I don’t drink noting to-night but dis—belly-wash!
at belly wash, n.
[US] E. O’Neill Long Voyage Home (1923) 26: The Captain and Mate wus Bluenose devils.
at blue-nosed, adj.
[US] E. O’Neill Long Voyage Home (1923) 5: I’m sick an’ orf me oats.
at off one’s oats under oats, n.2
[US] E. O’Neill Long Voyage Home (1923) 5: You’d fair give a bloke the shakes a-watchin’ yer.
at shakes, the, n.
[US] E. O’Neill Bound East for Cardiff (1923) 9: God stiffen you, ye square-head scut!
at God stiffen us! (excl.) under God, n.1
[US] E. O’Neill Bound East for Cardiff (1923) 6: That silly ol’ josser! Wot the ’ell would ’e know abaht anythink?
at josser, n.3
[US] E. O’Neill Bound East for Cardiff (1923) 8: It’s hard enough [...] to be stomachin’ the skoff on this rusty lime-juicer.
at lime-juicer, n.
[US] E. O’Neill Bound East for Cardiff (1923) 8: It’s hard enough [...] to be stomachin’ the skoff on this rusty lime-juicer.
at scoff, n.
[US] E. O’Neill Bound East for Cardiff (1923) 7: A spindle-shanked, grey-whiskered auld fool.
at spindleshanks, n.
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