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The Dying of the Light choose

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[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 22: I was unfortunately unable to persuade her to come across here and now.
at come across, v.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 30: Sure am! Lordy! Bet your sweet ass!
at bet one’s (sweet) ass (v.) under bet, v.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 109: Got as far as Ostend that time, and would have made it back to Blighty if I hadn’t been turned in by some bloody Belgian.
at Blighty, n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 87: What it must be like to having to deal with this lot [...] just plain buggered the imagination.
at bugger, v.2
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 20: ‘Good afternoon, campers!’ he called jovially.
at camper, n.2
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 110: Man’s a dipso, of course.
at dipso, n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 143: I take it that you are no longer proposing to ‘do’ me for murder.
at do, v.1
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 79: They don’t tear their hair or foam at the mouth, my little gerries.
at geri, n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 78: ‘Glitches,’ he said.
at glitch, n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 13: They’ll stop your meals! They’ll give you jabs!
at jab, n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 99: For the love of ... !
at for the love of Mike! (excl.) under love, n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 115: With the exception of Alfred Purvey, who was definitely a few stamps short of the first-class rate, they proved to be considerably less gaga than Jarvis had feared.
at ...short of..., adj.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 87: A bunch of oldies well past their sell-by date.
at oldie, n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 80: Plonk for piss-up.
at plonk, n.2
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 78: We’ve got a right one here, thought Jarvis.
at right one (n.) under right, adj.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 86: No wonder he was a bit rum, stuck out here in the middle of nowhere.
at rum, adj.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 24: He should be able to give George a shot to put him out of his misery.
at shot, n.1
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 87: Still, that was no skin off his dick, was it?
at no skin off one’s balls under skin, n.1
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 97: Letty may be a foul-mouthed slag who might be compared to a brick outhouse to that edifice’s advantage.
at slag, n.1
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 22: We can’t cash in till she stiffs out.
at stiff out (v.) under stiff, adj.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 111: Accrington fans regarded titles and cups as slightly swanky.
at swanky, adj.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 118: If one has been strictly TT all one’s life, as I have, there’s no mistaking the nauseous odour.
at t.t., n.
[UK] M. Dibdin Dying of the Light 41: Just as long as you keep your trap shut.
at keep one’s trap shut (v.) under trap, n.1
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