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The Man of Straw choose

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[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 13: ‘Put it down, Mister Ike,’ she said. ‘Don’t mess about.’ He laughed in her face, extended his arm, and dropped the water-bottle on the floor.
at mess about, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 10: Me and Bill we lights in here and gets a-mucking about, no harm in it.
at muck about, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 9: I am a little addled as it is [...] That last was the seventh this evening.
at addled, adj.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 5: I reckon old Ike’s about on his back.
at on one’s back (adj.) under back, n.1
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 334: Soon there entered a man of a different calibre – a lively, voluble bagman, travelling with liqueurs.
at bagman, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 61: Eva was a dainty little bit before; as a possible heiress she is nothing short of beautiful.
at bit, n.1
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 68: ‘All right, you pretty bitch!’ said one of the men, laughing.
at bitch, n.1
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 286: Blime! I’ll give evidence again him, sowelpme I will!
at blimey!, excl.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 9: The wife of one of your kind gave me a shilling – what you call in your full-blooded way ‘the nimble bob!’.
at bob, n.3
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 8: You go and boil your head for veal!
at go and boil (the back of) your head! (excl.) under boil, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 333: This mornin’ a pal of this ’ere Alice Shallerses [...] goes into her room to ’ave a chow, an’ finds the poor thing dead.
at chow, n.2
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 93: I’m no dab at talk like you, Miss Eva.
at dab, n.1
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 7: ‘Hullo! Where are you from?’ ‘’Ditch. Where d’yer think?’ ‘What ’Ditch?’ ‘Houn’s ditch.’.
at Ditch, the, n.2
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 4: Faugh! What do you care?
at faugh!, excl.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 98: Not once had he [...] returned to roost later than one o’clock in the morning, and never more than half fuddled.
at fuddled, adj.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 7: I’d put him in his hat as soon as look at him, and sooner, the wonk-eyed, pig-nosed monkey!
at put a hat on someone (v.) under hat, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 97: He’s a nasty, saucy monkey!
at monkey, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 333: No, Let’s mouch fust.
at mooch, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 27: And that’s true, ’pon my sivvy, it is.
at upon my sivvy!, excl.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 67: Ow, thet Gorgonzola cheese, / Must ha’ bin un’ealthy, I ser-pose! / Fer the ole Tawm cat fell a corp upon the mat / When the nif rose up ’is nose!
at niff, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 133: D’you think I’m a man to be imposed on by a bully rook?
at rook, n.1
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 332: Two ’alves o’ld six, missie, please.
at old six (n.) under six, n.1
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 102: I always was a bit soft-hearted – call it ‘soft-headed,’ if you like.
at soft-headed (adj.) under soft, adj.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 8: Stow it, Ike, and have a drink.
at stow, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 220: ‘Now, Missis ’Ayseed,’ he said; ‘what do you mean by giving me a bloomin’ tanner for a ride of over two miles?’.
at tanner, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 93: I don’t believe you’re a bit pleased at my good fortune, you dear, stupid old thing.
at thing, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 28: How thin and white she is. Don’t have enough tommy, very likely.
at tommy, n.2
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 347: Her name was Alice Shallers, ma’am. She was an – er – unfortunate, ma’am.
at unfortunate, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Man of Straw 7: I’d put him in his hat as soon as look at him, and sooner, the wonk-eyed, pig-nosed monkey!.
at wonky, adj.
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