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[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow II 230: A pie in her hands the size of a pulpit canopy. [...] ‘My, what a beauty!’ exclaimed Grizzle.
at beauty, n.1
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow I 61: I must request you to be a little more careful in your language. You have come amidst gentlemen here, not blackguards.
at blackguard, n.
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow II 232: George Roper wants a good blowing-up, he do.
at blowing-up, n.1
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow I 109: When our church bells were going for service, Major Parrifers carriage turned out with the ladies all in full fig.
at in full fig under fig, n.3
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow I 273: ‘It’s hard lines,’ he said humbly, ‘when the lad’s of a’ age to be a earning, and the master can’t be got to take him on.’.
at hard lines, n.
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow I 110: ‘Halloa!’ cried Tod. ‘Here’s fun!’.
at hello!, excl.1
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow II 242: The man opened his mouth and closed it again; like, as Molly put it, a born natural.
at natural, n.
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow I 301: For once in his screwy life, old Brown was generous.
at screwy, adj.
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow III 41: If you shove in your oar, Johnny Ludlow, or presume to interfere with me, I’ll pummel you to powder.
at shove one’s oar in (v.) under shove, v.
[UK] E.K. Wood Johnny Ludlow II 240: It’s not me and that wench we’ve got now as is going to stop together.
at wench, n.
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