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[UK] Besant & Rice Seamy Side II 258: Leaving his coat behind him too [...] to prove that his goose was already cooked, and his bucket kicked.
at kick the bucket, v.
[UK] Besant & Rice Seamy Side II 258: Leaving his coat behind him too [...] to prove that his goose was already cooked, and his bucket kicked.
at cook someone’s goose, v.
[UK] Besant & Rice Seamy Side II 262: ‘Oh, jeminy!’ says the judge – crafty old man that! – ‘here’s artfulness!’.
at jiminy!, excl.
[UK] Besant & Rice Seamy Side III 226: He’s smashed [...] smash is the meaning of that letter.
at smash, n.1
[UK] Besant & Rice Seamy Side III 226: He’s smashed [...] smash is the meaning of that letter.
at smashed-up, adj.
[UK] Besant & Rice Seamy Side II 260: Oh, Uncle Anthony, surely money will square it!
at square it (v.) under square, v.
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