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The Human Touch choose

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[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 13: I don’t give a ten cent. piece whether a man’s a Catholic or a sun worshipper.
at not care a cent, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 97: I don’t give a dam for the Boche numbers.
at not give a damn, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 278: Lumme! ain’t ’e a bit of orl rite?
at bit of all right, a, phr.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 19: What’s that to make a song about?
at make a song and dance (about) (v.) under song and dance, n.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 256: I always thought him a bit of an ass at school.
at ass, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 92: ‘I don’t want none of yer --- beer,’ she stormed, putting away a good half pint.
at put away, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 39: I come belting back to try and git in the same crush.
at belt, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 5: Were you one of the big noises at your school?
at big noise (n.) under big, adj.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 160: ’Op it, yer bla’guard, ’op it ’ard!
at blackguard, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 8: I hates them, and a lady come down to-day and give me a track. Blarst her!
at blast, v.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 92: ‘This blarsted fool,’ announced his loving wife [...] ‘wants to ’list.’.
at blasted, adj.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 188: I’ve forgotten more about cards than any of you damned bohunks ever knew.
at bohunk, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 16: He’d brained a Boche with a shovel.
at brain, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 189: The brass of them; the ineffable gall.
at brass, n.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 97: Cut the cackle about morning mists and such like. [Ibid.] 170: Cut the tackle, my lad, and get to the ‘osses.
at cut the cackle (v.) under cackle, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 89: But yer won’t get much change out of ’er, Pete.
at not get any change out of (v.) under change, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 80: Cheese it, guv’nor; I’ve got to live, ain’t I?
at cheese it!, excl.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 23: It’s only because I know that what you say is right that I haven’t gone off my chump.
at off one’s chump under chump, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 79: Put the pop-gun away, guv’nor [...] It’s a fair cop, and it might ruddy well go hoff.
at fair cop, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 62: No use this time, sir. I’ve blinking well copped it through the back!
at cop it, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 6: But, damn it, Shorty, I knew you were here.
at damn it!, excl.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ The Human Touch 9: Each little group obsessed, with that one damnable idea – Dear God! but it’s over; he’s going back again.
at damnable, adj.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 34: Well, who the deuce is the ninth?
at deuce, the, phr.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 14: What the devil are you laughing at?
at what the devil...?, phr.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 247: Have a nip of this, Palmer [...] You’re looking damned dicky.
at dicky, adj.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 23: Doc., pass the whisky.
at doc, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 124: I’m thinking we’ve struck a dud in this house.
at dud, n.2
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 188: You swabs of the gutter, you give me a dud fiver amongst my winnings.
at dud, adj.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 109: No blinking earthly yer stopping ’ere, madame.
at no earthly under earthly, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ Human Touch 147: This ’ere’s a fair box-up – that’s wot it is.
at fair, adj.
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