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[UK] Kipling ‘The Bridge-builders’ in Day’s Work (1898) [ebook] ‘Mother Gunga eats great allowances [...] I tell this to the Chota Sahib [...] and he laughs’.
at chota sahib (n.) under chota, adj.
[UK] Kipling Day’s Work 180: By Jove, it’s a bender of a night.
at bender, n.2
[UK] Kipling ‘William the Conqueror Pt 1’ in Day’s Work 181: Settled the whole sub-chiz [outfit] in three hours – servants, horses, and all.
at sub-cheese, n.
[UK] Kipling ‘William the Conqueror’ in Day’s Work 206: ‘For two nights, Heaven-born, he was pagal’ said Faiz Ullah.
at poggle, adj.
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