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[US] ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags 128: A great silver flagon of Badminton, with which he was ending his breakfast.
at badminton, n.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags 215: You can’t view the beauties two minutes together.
at beauty, n.1
[US] ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags 235: A soldier who irritated and annoyed him, but [...] was one of the most brilliant fire-eaters of his regiment.
at fire-eater, n.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags 35: Right in front of that Stand was an artificial bullfinch that promised to treat most of the field to a ‘purler’.
at purler, n.
[US] ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags 5: They’ll ten to one [...] put you to shame, let you do what you will to make ’em cut a shine over the country.
at cut a shine (v.) under shine, n.2
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