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Indoor Paupers choose

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[UK] Indoor Paupers 45: So the thing goes on until some one on the watch cries, ‘Nix, lads, buttons!’ – the warning that the taskmaster is approaching.
at buttons, n.
[UK] Indoor Paupers 38: When their mistresses come to grief, and are placed under lock and key, which happens frequently, the fancy man usually manages to skulk out of the mischief and escape scot-free.
at fancy man, n.1
[UK] Indoor Paupers 1: Most of these people knew how to mouch or beg with skill and effect.
at mooch, v.
[UK] Indoor Paupers 39: Tiptop-spree men, mouchers, thieves, and bullies make many recruits, especially among the juniors.
at moocher, n.
[UK] Indoor Paupers 45: So the thing goes on until some one on the watch cries, ‘Nix, lads, buttons!’ – the warning that the taskmaster is approaching.
at nix!, excl.
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