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[US] S.H. Adams Success 397: ‘I’m after the laugh that starts down here.’ He laid hand upon his rotund waistcoat. ‘The belly-laugh.’.
at belly laugh (n.) under belly, n.
[US] S.H. Adams Success 241: ‘Cheap as dirt,’ said the enthusiastic Cressey.
at cheap as dirt (adj.) under cheap, adj.
[US] S.H. Adams Success 302: Come off! This is red-hot advertising matter.
at come off!, excl.
[US] S.H. Adams Success 233: [He] had adjusted his vision to find it focused upon the barrel of a .45.
at forty-five, n.
[US] S.H. Adams Success 242: She killed ’em dead in London in romantic comedy.
at knock cold (v.) under knock, v.
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