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[US] J. London Game 🌐 n.p.: He’s a wild man, with an kinds of punches [...] He’s put away a whole lot of cleverer and better men than him.
at put away, v.
[US] J. London Game 🌐 I’ve seen ’m knocked out and clean batty, an’ go on punching just the same.
at batty, adj.1
[US] J. London Game 49: That stuck-up doll-face.
at dollface, n.
[US] J. London Game 🌐 n.p.: How much money you got? I’m layin’ ten to six. Will you take the short end?
at short end, n.
[US] J. London Game 🌐 ‘What does ten to six mean?’ Genevieve asked, [...] ‘That I’m the long end, the favorite,’ he answered. ‘That a man bets ten dollars at the ring side that I win against six dollars another man is betting that I lose.’.
at long end (n.) under end, n.
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