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The Sullen Bell choose

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[NZ] D. Davin Sullen Bell 167: It all helps to put good old Pig Island on the map.
at Pig Island, n.
[NZ] D. Davin Sullen Bell 59: ‘Isn’t that the red-fed lawyer?’ Hugh laughed at him, at the combination of respect for a headline name and honour of political notoriety.
at red fed (n.) under red, adj.
[NZ] D. Davin Sullen Bell 87: There were few people in the restaurant, spivvish-looking and absorbed.
at spi(v)vish (adj.) under spiv, n.
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