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That Beautiful Wretch choose

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[US] W. Black Beautiful Wretch III 8: There were anonymous appeals to the runaways in agony columns.
at agony column (n.) under agony, n.
[US] W. Black Beautiful Wretch III 2: ‘Madge has bolted?’ [...] ‘Yes. Gone and married that fellow Hanbury.’.
at bolt, v.
[US] W. Black Beautiful Wretch III 27: I’ll bet you five sovereigns to one that they let him out on the next application [...] Are you on?
at on, adv.1
[UK] W. Black Beautiful Wretch III 35: She’s a house-keeperish kind of young party.
at party, n.1
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