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Busman’s Honeymoon choose

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[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 191: But is it true as ’e was put away a-purpose?
at put away, v.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 314: He says: ‘You’re barking up the wrong tree,’ and I says, ‘We’ll see about that’.
at bark up the wrong tree, v.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 122: Before the shut door of the cellar stood the uniformed figure of P.C. Sellon, like young Harry with his beaver on.
at beaver, n.1
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 177: Five bob a week he been bleeding me for these last two years.
at bleed, v.1
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 315: ‘Well, I’m bothered!’ exclaimed Mr. Kirk, laughing heartily.
at bother, v.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 194: More chaff followed upon this.
at chaff, n.1
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 69: Okay, chief. Here they are.
at chief, n.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 193: It’ll be a sad come-down for Aggie Twitterton.
at come-down, n.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 230: Unless you prefer to believe that Noakes made improper advances to Mrs Ruddle and she dotted him one.
at dot, v.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 246: Standin’ there ’e was [...] and laffin’ fit to bust, and well ’e might, ’earin’ Joe Sellon carryin’ on that ridiculous.
at fit to bust under fit to..., phr.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 133: By George, you were making it easy for him.
at by George! (excl.) under George, n.2
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 252: There must be something you’ll jib at. Will you refuse to put on a boiled shirt?
at jib, v.1
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 334: His bowler was not the bowler of Wednesday morning, but of the mashing curly-brimmed pattern affected by young bloods of the nineties.
at mashing (n.) under mash, v.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 37: ‘All right,’ he said with a groan, ‘The murder’s out. Entailed. – I admit it.’.
at murder, n.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 276: What does that stand his nibs in for?
at his nibs (n.) under nibs, n.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 201: Joe must be taken off the Noakes case p.d.q.
at p.d.q., phr.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 271: I wouldn’t ’ang a dog on ’er evidence. Mangy old poll-parrot!
at poll parrot, n.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 271: You go on imaginin’ things, you’ll land yourself in Queer Street one o’ these days.
at in Queer Street under Queer Street, n.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 277: That’s rich, that is!
at rich, adj.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 69: Righty-ho!
at righto!, excl.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 116: ’Is pore ’ead’s bashed in something shocking!
at shockingly, adv.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 110: Done a bunk. Skipped with the cash.
at skip, v.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 74: I ’ave, as you might say, a soft spot for chimneys, ’avin’ been brought up in ’em, like.
at soft spot (n.) under soft, adj.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 46: He got Tallboys dirt cheap [...] Got some kind of squeeze on the old people and put the brokers in.
at squeeze, n.1
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 109: Skipped, by thunder!
at thunder!, excl.
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 192: I’ll be along in two ticks.
at tick, n.4
[UK] D.L. Sayers Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 110: Vamoosed. Done a bunk.
at vamoose, v.
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