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Sixteen-String Jack choose

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[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack I v: Now comes the grand spec; we go to crack a ken; Kit’s in, so’s the captain.
at crack a ken (v.) under crack, v.2
[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack II iii: Wery capital things them boarding-schools, ’specially if the grubbery’s good.
at grubbery, n.
[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack I iii: You’re werry good in the fancy line — in the light part of our business — such as robbing a kinchin of it’s coral, filching an old lady’s redicule [...] But you von’t do for the heavy line — that is, vhere the pops are at vork.
at heavy, adj.
[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack I v: Now comes the grand spec; we go to crack a ken; Kit’s in, so’s the captain.
at in, adv.
[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack I iii: You’re werry good in the fancy line — in the light part of our business — such as robbing a kinchin of it’s coral, filching an old lady’s redicule [...] But you von’t do for the heavy line — that is, vhere the pops are at vork.
at line, n.1
[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack II iv: Allow me to offer you a drop of mother’s milk.
at mother’s milk (n.) under mother, n.
[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack I iv: He’s got the rowdy, hey?
at rowdy, n.
[UK] W.L. Rede Sixteen String Jack III v: Will you dance, Christopher, my scrumptious pet?
at scrumptious, adj.
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