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[US] P. White West End 419: What a beast of a wind!
at beast of a… (n.) under beast, n.
[US] P. White West End 143: Archie had been ‘bucking up.’ Even his tutor admitted that there was a chance ‘he might get through’.
at buck up, v.2
[US] P. White West End 154: When the ‘exam’s’ over he means to ‘go on the bust!’.
at on the bust under bust, n.
[US] P. White West End 346: Poor Sir John! Now he has a ‘demirep’ for a daughter-in-law.
at demi-rep, n.
[US] P. White West End 96: Brown ought to be ‘hoofed’ out of the team.
at hoof out (v.) under hoof, v.
[US] P. White West End 130: What d’you think, Rupert? Miranda’s ‘chucked’ Elsenham. [...] Elsenham’s a muff, and I’m not surprised.
at muff, n.2
[US] P. White West End 148: ‘I’ll pay you back directly I have passed.’ [...] ‘But suppose you’re ploughed?’.
at plough, v.
[US] P. White West End 16: Well, the lady in question has got in ‘Queer Street,’ and it’s doubtful whether we can save her.
at in Queer Street under Queer Street, n.
[US] P. White West End 40: I always had an idea that the Guv’nor had some money, but I didn’t imagine it would run to this [F&H].
at run to (v.) under run, v.
[US] P. White West End 154: If to fancy yourself in love with a married woman ten years older than yourself is, in Archie’s language, to ‘score,’ he is right.
at score, v.
[US] P. White West End 404: We must remember that to superintend the distribution of socks and ‘Tams’ (she called them Tams) was a good deal more onerous.
at tam, n.
[US] P. White West End 16: I think it was in association with money being ‘tight.’.
at tight, adj.
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