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[UK] Thackeray Irish Sketch Book I 279: He took but one glass of water to that intolerable deal of a bubbly jock... Three turkey-wings and a glass of water!
at bubbly jock, n.
[UK] Thackeray Irish Sketch Book II 96: O parsons! If a man is to give an account of every idle word he utters [...] spoken not for God’s glory but the preacher’s, will many a cushion-thumper have to answer!
at cushion-thumper (n.) under cushion, n.
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