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Burning Daylight choose

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[US] J. London Burning Daylight Pt II Ch XIX 🌐 But suppose your prayer should be answered and I’d go clean broke and have to work for day’s wages?
at clean broke (adj.) under clean, adv.
[US] J. London Burning Daylight Ch. iii: I tell you-all she’s in the air and hell-bent for election. Nothing can stop her, and she’ll come up river.
at hellbent for election (adv.) under hellbent, adj.
[US] J. London Burning Daylight 217: Well, I’ll be plumb gosh darned!
at gosh-darn, v.
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