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[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 53: The cheap chisellers’ tricks played on old women.
at chiseler, n.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 119: Devil of a queer cove he was.
at cove, n.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 66: It’s been a dead-and-alive morning – until you gentlemen came.
at dead alive (adj.) under dead, adj.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 35: ‘Take more than her,’ Filby said indignantly, and pulled down the lower lid of his eye. ‘See any green?’.
at see any green (in my eye)? under green, n.1
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 88: I mean, hang it all, she was his ---.
at hang it (all)! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 69: Accident, hell. She committed suicide.
at — hell!, excl.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 10: Hell of a thing, marriage – can land you in a devil of a mess.
at hell of a, a under hell, n.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 10: He was wearing a dinner-jacket. ‘I could do without it myself, and without these damned monkey jackets too.’.
at monkey jacket (n.) under monkey, n.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 7: As our American friends say, a pretty nifty joint.
at nifty, adj.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 49: Dick’s a pansyfied type.
at pansified (adj.) under pansy, n.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 14: It’s owners are sharks and its personnel are rats.
at shark, n.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 150: Did he take them away [...] with the intention of skipping – or did someone else remove them, and why?
at skip, v.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 158: I don’t like insignificant little police-sneaks.
at sneak, n.1
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 72: Not quite a society marriage, is it, Mr. Snotty Hargreaves?
at snotty, adj.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 164: Well, I must say it does seem a bit steep, even to me.
at steep, adj.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 108: State Express. Super. I don’t think I can resist one, though I really shouldn’t.
at super, adj.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 166: She really is such a tarty piece.
at tarty, adj.
[UK] J. Symons Man Called Jones (1949) 77: We both worked like niggers, and we showed a profit right from the start.
at work like a nigger (v.) under work, v.
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