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[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 18: A pline ornery gal as is mikin’ ten parnd a year and ’er keep as a up-and-down.
at up-and-down, n.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 28: ‘Picking up a sixpence I dropped just now,’ says she, bold as brass.
at bold as brass (adj.) under bold as..., adj.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 128: I says as a man who drops a penny inter a glawss o’ bitter is a blimed fool.
at blame, adj.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 72: Thenk you kindly, mister bloomin’ ’Ankin.
at blooming, adj.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 53: ‘Why, blow me tight,’ yer says ter the gal be’ind the bar, civilly, ‘if I ain’t come art withart it!’.
at blow me tight!, excl.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 101: Pore ole ’Ankin’s been done by boys – done brarn.
at do brown (v.) under brown, adj.2
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 98: Yer ’as ter deal with same young rip fur sneakin’ yer cash and goin’ on the bust with it.
at on the bust under bust, n.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 78: I ’ad a young man on my ’bus whart feerely took the gingerbread.
at take the cake, v.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 125: Garn, Jeckson [...] yer don’t tike me in with none o’ them ole cops.
at cop, n.2
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 111: You set still and cool your crumpet.
at crumpet, n.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 64: So ’e caught ’old of ’er ter pull ’er awye, and she went over onter the fender and broke her crust.
at crust, n.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 134: Ah, she were a wrong un – a reg’lar right-darn wrong un!
at darn, adv.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 95: Why, some o’ them ole women ’ull ride Wes’ Kensington ter Liv’pool Street, and think you’re doin’ of ’em in the eyeball ’cos yer ’on’t to be satersfied with a penny.
at do in the eye (v.) under do, v.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 23: And ’ere is jest one more hinstance o’ the sime, wheer I’d ’ad enough ter make a cow satirical.
at ...make a cat laugh under enough to..., phr.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 54: ’E [...] ordered two threes o’ rum, as cool as anythink.
at finger, n.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 60: ’E’s a flimin’ volkiner at a meetin’, but ’e’s a apolergizin’ time rabbit at ’ome.
at flaming, adj.2
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 36: When a pore man’s goin’ ter do a moonlight flit ’e don’t do it in broad dyelight.
at moonlight flit, n.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 10: Well, that did freeze ’er off fur a bit, but, bless yer, she were soon at it agin!
at freeze off (v.) under freeze, v.2
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 101: Theer were a boy as went by the nime o’ Ginger, in cornsequence of ’is ’air bein’ carrots.
at ginger, n.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 93: ‘Look ’ere,’ says the fair-’aired gent, ‘surpose we halves thet bet?’ ‘Halve yer gran’mother!’ says I.
at your granny! (excl.) under granny, n.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 18: If some twop’ny-’ipeny gal likes ter wear all the money she can borrer, it ain’t nutthink ter me.
at twopenny-halfpenny, adj.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 95: I once knowed a chap whart were a pretty ’ard lot.
at hard lot (n.) under hard, adj.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 122: It’s amoosements like them as sends men art on the hitiddly, instead o’ tikin’ their money ’ome.
at high, adj.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 98: But ain’t ’e a ’oly ’orrer when yer know ’im!
at holy terror, n.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 32: Ike is a ’ot un.
at hot one, n.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 10: Well, that did freeze ’er off fur a bit, but, bless yer, she were soon at it agin!
at at it under it, n.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 62: Ike ’ull plye orf a bit o’ kid on ’im so as ter teach ’im ’is plice and encourage ’im ter ’old ’is jaw.
at hold one’s jaw (v.) under jaw, n.
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 128: I shud punch yer fat ’ead off at the root [...] fur tikin’ of a lib with my liquor.
at lib, n.2
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 38: The gent wud twig as ’e were tight, an’ likely git ’im lugged fur bein’ drunk while drivin’ ’is keb.
at lug, v.1
[UK] B. Pain De Omnibus 37: ’E wasn’t goin’ ter be nowheer wheer that young chap could come moochin’ rarnd ter find art ’is address.
at mooch, v.
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