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The Dagger choose

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[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 12/1: Sublimely unconscious of the attentions of Brother Boche.
at Boche, n.
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 4/1: I tipped him on the boko with a brick bat.
at boko, n.
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 4/1: He says, ‘Muggins,’ — I says, ‘That’s me, old cock.’.
at old cock, n.
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 4/1: I was at the battle of Pinky Poo, an’ it was a holy terror.
at holy terror, n.
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 5/2: Get off this blinkin’ planet / If you ’opes to ’ump your pack.
at hump, v.1
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 25/2: When at last the final post has been driven home [...] we turn into ‘kip’ tired, but proud.
at kip, n.1
[UK] Dagger (London) Dec. I 3/3: For some time Pat had been out of work, and he couldn’t get a job anywhere.
at Pat, n.
[UK] Dagger (London) Dec. I 16/1: Oh ’e was a proper cove was Ginger!
at proper, adj.
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 5/2: Squeal! you can bet your Sammy / He’ll squal with his four-point-twos.
at on my sammy say-so under sammy say-so, n.
[UK] Dagger (London) Dec. I 4/2: He had on when last seen a pair of swallow-tailed trousers.
at swallow tail, n.
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 28/2: Ta-ta, Old Chap, Love to yourself and all the boys.
at ta-ta, phr.
[UK] Dagger [London] Dec. I 15/2: To Scrounge. — To Come Upon what is obviously someone else’s when he isn’t there. To Win. — Dito, Ditto, Ditto, when he is there.
at win, v.
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