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Mrs ’Arris choose

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[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 253: ‘Huh,’ she says, bitter, ‘you’re a beauty to talk, anyway.’.
at beauty, n.1
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 158: ‘Wot does that mean?’ I whispers to Hemma, ‘a cabbage on this ’ouse?’ ‘’Ush,’ whispers Hemma, ‘’e said mortgage,’ and I were no wiser.
at cabbage, n.2
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 169: ‘Dope!’ I wails as I shoot by [...] ‘Coco!’ I gurgles, whizzing past.
at coke, n.1
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 169: ‘Talking of that,’ she goes on, ‘we dope a lot. [...] Why even these cigarettes as we’re smoking are full of cocaine.’.
at dope, v.1
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 208: I got a cold in me face in some way watching that dratted display.
at dratted, adj.
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 62: ‘Wot we’ll ’ave,’ says the gusher, ‘is a scene in a ’bus.’.
at gusher, n.
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 224: ‘Mrs. ’Arris gone off ’er onion agen,’ says one, sniggering.
at off one’s onion (adj.) under onion, n.1
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 39: Goo’-bye. Send us a P.C. [...] when you get there.
at p.c., n.
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 39: Send us a P.C. or a P.O. [...] when you get there.
at p.o., n.
[UK] C.B. Poultney Mrs. ’Arris 72: Don’t you call my ’usband a little snipe.
at snipe, n.1
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