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[UK] J. Stevenson London Bridges (2001) 155: If any of the neighbours see me, they’ll think I’m doing the concerned relative bit.
at bit, n.1
[UK] J. Stevenson London Bridges (2001) 155: I put all I got into Eugenides’ burp mixture.
at burp, n.
[UK] J. Stevenson London Bridges (2001) 231: George has gone bush. He just warned me not to talk to you.
at go bush (v.) under bush, n.1
[UK] J. Stevenson London Bridges (2001) 282: If we’re going to a copper-shop, we’d better be road-legal.
at copper shop (n.) under copper, n.
[UK] J. Stevenson London Bridges (2001) 220: I just didn’t make time to go and see the old love, which I perfectly well could’ve.
at love, n.
[UK] J. Stevenson London Bridges (2001) 263: ‘Lumme,’ said Sebastian, once the door was safely shut.
at lumme!, excl.
[UK] J. Stevenson London Bridges (2001) 170: If he was any swishier, you could hang curtains off him.
at swish, adj.
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