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Alma mater, or, Seven years at the University of Cambridge choose

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[UK] J.M.F. Wright Alma Mater I 30: I followed, and having bitched (that is, taken a dish of tea) arranged my books and boxes.
at bitch, v.
[UK] J.M.F. Wright Alma Mater I 248: This afternoon’s fag is a pretty considerable one, lasting from three till dark.
at fag, n.2
[UK] J.M.F. Wright Alma Mater I 218: Now that year it so happened that the spoon was no spooney.
at spoon, n.
[UK] J.M.F. Wright Alma Mater I 218: Now that year it so happened that the spoon was no spooney.
at spoony, n.
[UK] J.M.F. Wright Alma Mater I 114: I had the honor of wining with no less a personage than a fellow of the college.
at wine, v.
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