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A Street in Suburbia choose

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[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 11: She was wot I call an apply-dumply sort o’ woman, wi’ the apples artside.
at apples, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 139: Ain’t ’e a beauty?
at beauty, n.1
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 39: What do you want to go an’ blab it out like that for?
at blab, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 111: Between you an’ me, the on’y flowers ez I ever noticed that Tony Burrett was fond of was grog-blossoms, an’ I must give ’im credit for cultivatin’ them.
at grog blossom (n.) under blossom, n.2
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 67: ‘You be blowed!’ said the Iconoclast. ‘Who’re you?’.
at blowed, adj.1
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia n.p.: Buckin’ up fer theirselves when times is bad.
at buck up, v.2
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 67: Wot d’ you know abart the ’Ouse o’ Lords? [...] A-chuckin’ yer fat abart ez if you wuz the G.O.M.
at chuck one’s fat around (v.) under chuck, v.2
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 55: When he lost his temper and clouted us we were never quite sure which side of our head we would fall on till we fell on it.
at clout, v.1
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 43: A right-darn good ’un.
at darn, adv.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 42: I ain’t much of a speaker [...] an’ it ain’t in me ter make a long fandangle.
at fandangle, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 43: She may turn art a reg’lar art an’ art ’ot ’un, or a right-darn good ’un.
at good ’un, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 43: She may turn art a reg’lar art an’ art ’ot ’un.
at hot one, n.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 139: ‘Maggots ter you, Mister Evans!’ she exclaimed.
at maggots!, excl.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 160: It’s a’ uncommon rich deal of’ your’n – sowelp me never, it is!
at s’elp me never!, excl.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 43: I’m nuts on ’im.
at nuts on, adj.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 18: Pop’s in bed wi’ the rheumatiz.
at pop, n.3
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 160: It’s a’ uncommon rich deal of’ your’n – sowelp me never, it is!
at rich, adj.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 43: A right-darn good ’un.
at right, adv.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 129: You’d better git art sharp.
at sharp, adv.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 124: How’d you like to be neglected, / Not to have your name respected, / When you’ve shuffled off this mortal coil?
at shuffle (off) (this/one’s mortal coil) (v.) under shuffle, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 56: They were, without exception, ‘waggers.’.
at wagger, n.2
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 121: Garn! I’ll woipe yer rarnd the marth, talk ter me...
at wipe round (v.) under wipe, v.
[UK] E. Pugh Street in Suburbia 121: Oh, I on’y arst ’cos most country yobs is gen’ly ugly an’ shy an’ awkward.
at yob, n.
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