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[UK] A. Huxley Brave New World (1955) 44: He patted me on the behind this afternoon.
at behind, n.
[UK] A. Huxley Brave New World (1955) 47: But, my dear chap, you’re welcome, I assure you.
at chap, n.
[UK] A. Huxley Brave New World (1955) 63: I’ve been cutting all my committees.
at cut, v.4
[UK] A. Huxley Brave New World (1955) 45: Ford’s in his flivver [...] All’s well with the world.
at flivver, n.
[UK] A. Huxley Brave New World (1955) 135: The concussion knocked all the Negro’s conditioning into a cocked hat.
at knock into a cocked hat (v.) under knock into, v.
[UK] A. Huxley Brave New World (1955) 148: A doctor a day keeps the jim-jams away.
at jim-jams, n.
[UK] A. Huxley Brave New World (1955) 15: Whenever the great man spoke, he desperately scribbled. Straight from the horse’s mouth.
at (straight) from the horse’s mouth under straight, adv.
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