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The Tents of Shem choose

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[UK] G. Allen Tents of Shem I 103: Is the girl cracked? Has much learning made her mad at Girton?
at cracked, adj.
[UK] G. Allen Tents of Shem II 122: Not clever, Iris corrected; only well read. I’ve mugged it up out of books.
at mug (up), v.2
[UK] G. Allen Tents of Shem II 58: Impossible! You’d have to pig it with the goats and the cattle.
at pig it (v.) under pig, v.1
[UK] G. Allen Tents of Shem I 104: Not a doit, not a cent, not a sou, not a stiver.
at not a sou (n.) under sou, n.
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