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[US] ‘Ouida’ Signa I 140: No doubt that little fly-blow is his own.
at fly-blow, n.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Signa I 34: The one who held the child turned his light on the little wet face; [...] ‘And whose by-blow is this?’ said he.
at by-blow, n.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Signa I 140: ‘A bad fellow!’ said Momo. [...] ‘Brutal bad!’ echoed Papuccio.
at brutal, adj.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Signa I 47: ‘You have never dried your clothes, Bruno,’ said his sister-in-law. ‘What a gaby a man is without a wife!’.
at gaby, n.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Signa II 324: ‘She is a stupid little mule,’ thought the old woman, angrily. [...] And she went away huffed.
at huff, v.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Signa III 221: Lying must be handy in it; that would suit him. No one lies so nattily as Toto.
at natty, adj.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Signa I 36: What a pipe this brat has!
at pipe, n.1
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