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[UK] Hansard 28 Feb. 962: The Stock Exchange [...] was neither more nor less than a Pandemonium [...] police officers had been set effectually to working aginst the hells of Pall-mall, and it would be just as easy to extinguish the great hell of the city.
at Great Hell (n.) under hell, n.
[UK] Hansard 11 Feb. 505/2: That would be like Sir Boyle Roche’s description of an Irish bargain, where all the mutuality was on one side.
at Irish bargain (n.) under Irish, adj.
[UK] Hansard (UK) 12 Apr. 1588/2: There is indeed the commencement of a thimble-rig Government.
at thimble-rig, n.
[UK] Hansard (UK) CCVIII 673: My Honorable Friend the Member for Hull asked if such a twopenny-halfpenny society as Lloyd’s was to be acknowledged.
at twopenny-halfpenny, adj.
[UK] Hansard 19 Apr. in Ware (1909) 256/1: Mr M’Coan asked as to the sentence upon George Gardiner, described as a tutor, charged with stealing a jug of beer and sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment. Sir W. Harcourt, amid much laughter, explained that owing to the custom in large establishments of the odd man being called ‘the Usher of the Hall’, a position held by Gardiner, the writer of the newspaper paragraph had converted him into a tutor.
at usher of the hall, n.
[UK] Hansard CCCXLII 469: I saw a banner headline in the Cape Argus reading: ‘Pommie- bashing, Australia’s national pastime’.
at pommie-bashing (n.) under pommie, n.
[UK] Hansard (UK) 9 Dec. n.p.: During September, the people of our nation sat watching a unique spectacle on their television sets. They watched as young people drove stolen cars at high speed on several estates, to the great danger of residents. ‘Hotting’ was the term used by many of those youngsters to describe their activity.
at hotting, n.
[UK] Hansard NSW Legislative Assembly 7 May 🌐 The Minister for Local Government and Minister for Cooperatives is one of the more likeable Ministers. It is hard to give him a serve. But he has had to carry the can on this issue. I empathise with him, but he has to cop it because he is making a big mistake.
at serve, n.
[UK] Hansard (UK) 1 May col. 732: Mr. Wilson. We condemn anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia, from whatever source they come--full stop, no fancy words and no messing about.
at no messing (about) under mess about, v.
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