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Mord Em’ly choose

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[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 219: He took from his pocket, and showed her furtively, several £5 notes, and demanded to know whether that was not a little bit of all-right?
at bit of all right, a, phr.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 251: ‘Stop acting the goat,’ he said brusquely.
at act the (giddy) goat, v.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 77: A rescue! Me pitch into the blooming copper; you cut and run.
at cut and run, v.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 44: But why ’arp on the question? [...] Why make a song about it?
at make a song and dance (about) (v.) under song and dance, n.1
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 67: Murder? Someone says it’s murder. Very like she’s put her parents aw’y.
at put away, v.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 260: None of your listenin’ through the key-’ole [...] you inquisitive ole baggage, you.
at baggage, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 181: It’s the blanky meenotomy of it that gives you beans [...] otherwise, it ain’t a bad life.
at give someone beans (v.) under beans, n.2
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 109: As for us [...] we’re what we may term a lot of blithering machines; nothing more nor less; we go on, and on, and on, and one day’s jest like another.
at blithering, adj.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 289: A dirty, low, sneaking, rotten bounder!
at bounder, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 75: ‘Buck up!’ said Mord Em’ly to herself.
at buck up!, excl.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 72: Did she do a bunk from the shop her mother got for her?
at do a/the bunk (v.) under bunk, n.1
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 225: Wouldn’t be the first time, I lay, neither, not by a long chalk.
at by a long chalk under chalk, n.1
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 65: ‘Cheese it!’ cried Mord Em’ly.
at cheese it!, excl.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 185: ‘If it gets known,’ said Mord Em’ly, sighing, ‘everybody ’ll give me the chuck.’.
at give someone the chuck (v.) under chuck, n.2
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 264: Miss Tambourine, or whatever your name is, we may meet again under ’appier circs.
at circs, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 3: Nice menners, I don’t think.
at I don’t think, phr.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 220: I may not be specially clever at putting up me dooks [...] but I can make ’em say what I mean.
at put up one’s dooks (v.) under dook, n.1
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 105: Why didn’t you dot ’em one?
at dot, v.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 55: ‘Drop it, then,’ commanded Mord Em’ly.
at drop it! (excl.) under drop, v.1
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 57: ‘How’s the enemy?’ asked Miss Gilliken [...] He [...] replied that it wanted twenty-five to ten.
at enemy, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 150: Got a face on him like ’alf-past six.
at ...half-past six under face like..., phr.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 2: I sha’n’t be ’appy till we’ve give ’em what-for.
at give someone what-for (v.) under what-for, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 288: I thought you wouldn’t fork out nothing.
at fork out, v.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 285: I’ve spent those little goblins, I ’ave.
at goblin, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 28: You’ll be a jolly fine deemestic servant, you will, so ’elp my goodness.
at s’elp me greens!, excl.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 186: Anybody ’tempt to dictate to me what I ought to do and what I ought not to do, and they’ll find themselves in a pretty ’ot corner, jolly quick.
at hot corner (n.) under hot, adj.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 98: Property often does make a lot of ’ot water, as we all know.
at hot water, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 237: One evening, I’d got a rare old ’ump of it; as down in the mouth as – well, I don’t suppose you can understand.
at get the hump (v.) under hump, n.1
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 177: ‘Less language,’ commanded Mord Em’ly. ‘Don’t forget you’re in the presence of ladies.’.
at language, n.
[UK] W. Pett Ridge Mord Em’ly 106: ‘Your conversation, Ronicker,’ said Mord Em’ly, ‘w’d be a lump more interestin’ if you knew what you were talkin’ about.’.
at lump, n.
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