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Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day choose

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[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 218: ‘All serene,’ said Miss LaFosse casually.
at all serene, adj.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 97: ‘My Holy Aunt!’ breathed Miss LaFosse.
at my aunt! (excl.) under aunt, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 146: Michael went on a blind and when the bobby was trying to run him in for being drunk and disorderly he socked him one.
at blinder, n.3
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 127: ‘Cheese it,’ said Tony.
at cheese it!, excl.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 111: ‘Guinevere,’ said Miss LaFosse, ‘meet Tony, a pal of mine’ [...] ‘Have a confab.’.
at confab, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 146: I thought he might have cooled off before he came out.
at cool off, v.2
[UK] W.D. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 150: ‘Ugh!’ thought Miss Pettigrew, disappointed. ‘Not what it’s cracked up to be.’.
at not all it’s cracked up to be under crack up, v.1
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 178: ‘I went to a doctor,’ said Rosie gloomily. ‘Damn his eyes. White meat. Chicken! I ask you?’.
at damn (someone’s) eyes! (excl.) under damn, v.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 23: He’s liable to beat the daylight out of me.
at beat the (living) daylight(s) out of (v.) under daylights, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 34: You musn’t mind Nick’s language [...] It’s just like you or me saying ‘Oh bother,’ or ‘drat it’.
at drat, v.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 71: ‘Mud in your eyes,’ said Miss Dubarry.
at here’s mud in your eye!, excl.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 23: I haven’t taken any yet. If I did, Michael might see. There’s no flies on Michael.
at no flies on..., phr.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 220: I banked on the fact that Nick would funk it.
at funk, v.2
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 115: Holy suffering mackerel! Where are we now?
at holy mackerel!, excl.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 159: Miss Pettigrew would grow so enthralled at hearing this inside dope on ‘How the other half lives’ she would be momentarily sidetracked.
at inside dope (n.) under inside, adj.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 216: You naughty girl. You giddy old kipper. Where have you been?
at kipper, n.1
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 233: Now, Guinevere, you mustn’t work too hard [...] I can’t have you knocking yourself up.
at knock up, v.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 64: ‘What’s the full label?’ asked Miss LaFosse [...] ‘Pettigrew,’ said Miss Pettigrew. ‘Guinevere Pettigrew.’.
at label, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 133: ‘Lord love you, no,’ said Miss La Fosse, shocked.
at lord love...!, excl.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 143: That calls for a pick-me-up. I want a drink.
at pick-me-up, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 127: ‘Well,’ said Miss LaFosse cheerfully, ‘you have had one over the eight.’.
at one over the eight under one, n.1
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 123: The pins aren’t wobbling.
at pin, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 149: He plonked a whiskey bottle on the table.
at plonk, v.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 70: Perhaps you’ll mix your own [...] Everyone to their own poison, I always say.
at poison, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 149: Miss Pettigrew brought glasses. ‘Say when,’ said Michael.
at say when under say, v.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 121: ‘The dear things,’ she thought sentimentally.
at thing, n.
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 121: Just a lover’s tiff. Forgotten as soon as they saw each other again.
at tiff, n.2
[UK] W. Watson Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (2000) 182: ‘What’s yours?’ asked Tony. ‘I will have,’ said Miss Pettigrew, ‘a small glass of sherry, thank you.’.
at what’s yours?, phr.
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