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Adventures of Mr Ledbury choose

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[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury II 21: Mr. Roderick Doo, who appeared to be what the ladies term ‘an agreeable rattle’.
at agreeable rattle, n.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury I 184: I’m afraid it’s all up!
at all up, adj.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury II 290: The small performer, imagining he was called upon to exhibit his histrionic powers, immediately struck an attitude, and began to enact what he termed the quarrel scene between Romeo and Julius Caesar.
at attitude, n.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury I 261: ‘Well, my beans, – here we is,’ said Spriggy.
at bean, n.2
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury I 261: ‘How’s the times?’ ‘Brickish,’ replied one of the party.
at brickish (adj.) under brick, n.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury II 229: A bull-headed fellow.
at bullheaded, adj.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 116: It’s the patents that burke it.
at burke, v.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 266: A pair of hob-nailed high-lows for my cad-boy.
at cad, n.1
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 234: Jolly cocks!
at cock, n.3
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 16: The great aim of Pageant’s life was, to be considered a ‘fast man’.
at fast, adj.1
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury II 210: He is rather a loose fish.
at loose fish (n.) under fish, n.1
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury II 291: The light-cart with the covered top, so poetically denominated a ‘flying bedstead,’ licensed to carry no end.
at flying bedstead (n.) under flying, adj.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 194: Gentleman was pronounced by his ‘grinder’ sufficiently crammed to present himself for examination.
at grinder, n.1
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 117: He came the common hanky-panky line more than the high delusions. I may say that I was born with a pack of cards in my hand.
at hankypanky, adj.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 266: A pair of hob-nailed high-lows for my cad-boy.
at highlows (n.) under high, adj.1
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 265: Those pills have been a great hit.
at hit, n.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury I 47: The wine, had such an effect [...] he being, to use his friend’s expressive phrase, ‘hit under the wing, so that he couldn’t fly’.
at hit under the wing (adj.) under hit, adj.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury III 194: Gentleman was pronounced by his ‘grinder’ sufficiently crammed to present himself for examination at Apothecaries’ Hall, whilst his knowledge was piping hot.
at hot, adj.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury 68: One or two other young men who were roughing it with knapsacks like themselves.
at rough it, v.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury 262: ‘There’s a jockey!’ he exclaimed admiringly.
at jockey, n.2
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury I 262: They’re coming here all in a lump, you may depend upon it.
at lump, n.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury II 287: Whether donkey paid toll, and if so, whether he, the pike-man did not fight shy of going through the gate.
at pike-man (n.) under pike, n.2
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury I 235: I’m shot, if it ain’t Letty brought home bad!
at I’ll be shot (if) under shoot, v.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr.Ledbury II 275: The majority of you are shuffling humbugs!
at shuffle, v.
[UK] A. Smith Adventures of Mr Ledbury II 46: You must come and see me, you know – no form, ta! ta!
at ta-ta, phr.
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