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[US] J. London letter 8 June in Bamford Mystery of Jack London (1931) 189: My idea was not to modify [a speech] [...] even if I incurred the risk of being called a long-haired anarchist.
at longhaired, adj.
[US] J. London letter 19 June in Bamford Mystery of Jack London (1931) 209: The day is a scorcher, and as soon as we can knock out about twenty letters as brief as this, we’re going swimming.
at knock out, v.
[US] J. London ‘An Episode’ in Bamford Mystery of Jack London (1931) 251: They were not tight; only ‘mellow’.
at mellow, adj.
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