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[UK] T. Hood Pen and Pencil Pictures 124: ‘It looks very like a bad ’un,’ remarked the shop-keeper as she swept the money back into the till.
at bad ’un (n.) under bad, adj.
[UK] T. Hood Pen and Pencil Pictures 141: He was a slovenly player, and went among the cricket-lovers by the sobriquet of Butter-fingers.
at butterfingers (n.) under butter, n.1
[UK] T. Hood Pen and Pencil Pictures 269: Thrust me a pair of Cutties into my girdle for pistols; hang a Churchwarden by my side for a sabre.
at churchwarden, n.
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