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Fifty Years of My Life choose

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[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 271: Some good chap had sent me out a box of A 1 cigars.
at A-1, adj.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 167: How my man was got at I never found out; but he was a most ungrateful toad.
at get at, v.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 51: Tommy Atkins nowadays wastes a terrible sight of cartridges.
at Tommy Atkins, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 126: It did not signify how much he put away, for at two o’clock in the morning he was [...] sober.
at put away, v.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 128: Then, with a cigar in my mouth [...] I took my turn at the jumps. [...] I took a good hold of my baccy.
at bacca, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 170: I had to sell the whole bag of tricks.
at whole bag of tricks, the, n.
[UK] (con. 1848) J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 50: We were only provided with the good old ‘Brown Bess’ which was loaded from the muzzle.
at brown bess, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 235: [...] subsequently retiring, leaving the boy in blue to keep watch.
at boys in blue, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 272: The sensitive sympathy existing [...] between the bread-basket [...] and the digital organs.
at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 21: I could take my own part with my bunch of fives.
at bunch of fives, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 152: It dawned on them that a sporting ‘Bart.’ was a bit more liberal to the men of thews and sinews then the sporting ‘Bung’ usually was.
at bung, n.2
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 163: I was very nearly ‘carted’ twice over this little affair.
at cart, v.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 178: I put away two bottles of superior ‘chammy’.
at cham, n.2
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 60: I commend the same style of trip to any young officer short of chips.
at chip, n.2
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 287: We got up a flat race for the Frenchmen which was clipping fun.
at clipping, adj.2
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 59: I was bound to go on, notwithstanding the grey was about cooked.
at cooked, adj.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 348: I had [...] no enemies to ‘crab’ me.
at crab, v.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 58: One of my hired crocks had bad luck.
at crock, n.2
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 30: It was a real genuine display of boxing, and ended in the victory of the darky.
at darkie, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 95: I was determined to have a ‘dash’ on her.
at have a dash (v.) under dash, n.4
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 170: I have got a rare dicky knee [...] I strained it jumping a gate.
at dicky, adj.1
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 151: After [...] a regular ding-dong race, I won.
at ding-dong, adj.1
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 31: We were done ‘like a dinner’ all the same.
at done like (a) dog’s dinner (adj.) under dog’s dinner, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 147: I recommended the keepers and beaters to put their dollars on me.
at dollar, n.1
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 157: Arthur [...] is a bit handicapped by going rather dotty on the near fore.
at dotty, adj.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 162: I got warning to be off at once, as my man had ‘put the double on’.
at put the double (up)on (v.) under double, n.1
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 142: There were many officers [...] well known to be fairly clever with their ‘dukes’.
at duke, n.3
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 27: I [...] told him he would soon kill himself if he didn’t keep his elbow down.
at keep one’s elbow down (v.) under elbow, n.1
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) I 89: I subsequently told one of the ‘fancy’ that I would give him a couple of pounds.
at Fancy, the, n.
[UK] J. Astley Fifty Years (2nd edn) II 329: There are some queer fish amongst them [i.e. cabbies].
at queer fish (n.) under fish, n.1
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