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Cruise of the Midge I 233: Mrs So-and-so, and Miss Thingamy.at so-and-so, n.
Cruise of the Midge I 233: Mrs So-and-so, and Miss Thingamy. Cruise of the Midge I 164: We returned to the cabin [...] having finished off with a caulker of good cognac.at caulker, n.
Cruise of the Midge I 220: Donovan was chewing his cud – quid I mean.at chew the cud, v.
Cruise of the Midge I 107: Lord, but it’s chokey!at chokey, n.
Cruise of the Midge II 268: While my uncle was clapperclawing with his serving-men.at clapperclaw, v.
Cruise of the Midge I 257: It is as clear as mud that we shall be minus your own beautiful self and the boat’s crew in a jiffey.at clear as mud (adj.) under clear, adj.1
Cruise of the Midge I 180: Let us crack a bottle of Sally’s champagne.at crack a bottle (v.) under crack, v.2
Cruise of the Midge II 169: A deuced buxom-looking dingy dame.at dingy, adj.1
Cruise of the Midge II 157: This startled the Dons.at don, n.
Cruise of the Midge II 280: In front of this shed – full fig, in regular Highland costume [...] marched the bagpiper.at in full fig under fig, n.3
Cruise of the Midge II 186: About the time supper was announced [...] and just before the guzzle, began, I was drawn towards the inner hall.at guzzle, n.
Cruise of the Midge II 243: ‘You be hanged, Felix,’ quoth his ally.at hang, v.1
Cruise of the Midge I 226: Ha! ha! I have you on the hip now, my master.at on the hip under hip, n.3
Cruise of the Midge I 215: What mean you, man – speak out – no humbugging.at humbug, v.
Cruise of the Midge II 189: Poor Hause, now three sheets to the wind, was sitting, doing the agreeable.at three sheets in the wind, phr.
Cruise of the Midge II 195: Indeed, Miss Tomboy!at Miss, n.
Cruise of the Midge I 157: The old fellow, who had just finished his pea soup [...] wiped his muzzle.at muzzle, n.1
Cruise of the Midge II 190: Having a sort of muzzy recollection of his previous mistake, he set himself with drunken gravity to take an observation.at muzzy, adj.
Cruise of the Midge II 234: A nest of nanny houses, as they are called, inhabited by brown free people.at nanny-house (n.) under nanny, n.1
Cruise of the Midge II 208: ‘Now, sir what you doz wid your mout?’ ‘Nyam plawn’ * Creole for ‘eat plantain’.at nyam, n.
Cruise of the Midge II 181: I must top off with some hot brandy and water.at top off, v.
Cruise of the Midge I 160: I saw the devil himself first put his ugly fiz up in the middle of the peasoup.at phiz, n.1
Cruise of the Midge II 103: ‘Let us order the mules, and ride to Helen’s beautiful bay that she raves about.’ [...] ‘Oh, papa, I don’t rave about it,’ said she; ‘it is only Sophia and Mr Listado who rave’.at rave, v.
Cruise of the Midge II 226: The mule drivers [...] were stringing into the yard and spanking their whip.at spank, v.2
Cruise of the Midge 191: Nonsense – to be sure it is all nonsense – regular moonshine [...] what a melancholy report we shall have to make to Sir Oliver! but give us some grog, Lanyard, you sticky old villain.at sticky, adj.1
Cruise of the Midge II 208: This gave the little yellowhammer an opportunity of picking up the cowskin.at yellowhammer, n.
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