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Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 197: ’Arf a mo’, mister.at half a mo, phr.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 197: ’Arf a mo’, mister. Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 23: The three P’s would [...] return singing through the night, or having an ‘argy-bargy’ about the stars.at argy-bargy, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 25: Right O! Don’t bag all the crust, O’ Man.at bag, v.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 61: She mucked up my mushroom bed, the baggage!at baggage, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 197: You the noo bloke at the Potwell Inn?at bloke, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 142: Don’t see it, be blowed!at blowed, adj.1
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 29: I mean to have a crowd or bust!at — or bust under bust, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 201: Old cadger! She hadn’t no business to drag me into her quarrels.at cadger, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 47: He took counsel with himself. Should he ‘chuck’ the outfitting?at chuck, v.2
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 70: ‘You’ll get the Chuck,’ she said.at get the chuck (v.) under chuck, n.2
The Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 224: ‘Damn!’ said Mr. Polly.at damn!, excl.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 200: Where the devil do I come in?at where the devil...?, phr.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 209: I gave him a bit of a doing altogether.at doing, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 17: It’s time that dratted boy did something for a living.at dratted, adj.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 66: And look at ’em! Dressed up to the nines.at dressed (up) to the nines, phr.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 142: You go flapping your silly mouth about me, and I’ll give you a poke in the eye.at flap one’s mouth (v.) under flap, v.4
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 11: The elementary education he had acquired had left him with the impression that arithmetic was a fluky science.at fluky, adj.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 119: We’ll get the stuff into the house before the old gal comes along.at old gal, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 198: ‘Gaw!’ said Uncle Jim.at gaw, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 214: You gold-eyed Geezer, you!at geezer, n.1
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 228: Was he feeble? Hang it! He’d known feebler people by far!at hang it (all)! (excl.) under hang, v.1
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 201: Why the hell was I ever born?at hell, the, phr.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 71: ‘Hen-witted gigglers,’ said Mr. Polly.at hen-headed (adj.) under hen, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 55: Too much blooming humbug in it for my way of thinking.at humbug, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 218: ‘I shall stick it,’ he whispered at last.at stick it, v.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 209: Hullo, Kiddy! You venturing downstairs again?at kiddy, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 217: Jim’s lagged again, Missus.at lag, v.2
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 192: They stand and shout and scream and use language.at language, n.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 83: I may be a bit larky and cheerful in my manner [...] But it don’t mean anything. I ain’t that sort.at larky, adj.
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 184: ‘Law!’ she said [...] ‘I thought you was Jim.’.at law!, excl.
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