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[UK] Wodehouse Coming of Bill 231: I’ll take you out in the bubble, the automobile, the car, the chug-chug wagon.
at bubble, n.2
[UK] Wodehouse Coming of Bill (2004) 134: I’ve got to take my mind off this business, or it’s me for the foolish-house.
at foolish house (n.) under foolish, adj.
[UK] Wodehouse Coming of Bill 59: He certainly is a kind o’ half-portion, ma’am!
at half-portion, n.
[UK] Wodehouse Coming of Bill (2004) 77: It takes all kinds of ivory domes to make a nuttery. I ran across a new brand of simp this morning.
at nuttery, n.
[UK] Wodehouse Coming of Bill 54: This Kid Mitchell was looked on as a coming champ in those days. I guess I looked pie to him.
at pie, adj.1
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