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[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 40: Some bilge about a Persian Monastery.
at bilge, n.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 13: The entire caboodle of glees, part-songs, folk-songs.
at caboodle, n.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 60: The blacks sang ‘Lulu’s Zulu,’ ‘Hot-Dog Momma’.
at hot dog, adj.1
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 111: From the point of view of the man of taste, the average man’s ear is a pig’s ear.
at pig’s ear, n.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 239: Here you are, footerin’ about in a big place where nobody kens you.
at footer, v.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 18: The fellow we didn’t know shouts: ‘Shut your gizzard!’ Then the row starts.
at gizzard, n.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 57: A young lady at a concert gushed up to me with a copy and asked me to autograph it.
at gush, v.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 57: When I write a novel it is about the core of things. The husk can go hang.
at go hang...! (excl.) under hang, v.1
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 79: Mendelssohn is for the maundring, Puccini for the pudding-headed.
at pudding-headed, adj.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 132: ‘Rum cove!’ said Rubicon aloud.
at rum cove (n.) under rum, adj.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 107: It cannot distinguish between the spoof expression and the real thing.
at spoof, adj.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 157: Anyhow, it must be ta-ta for now.
at ta-ta, n.
[UK] J. Agate Gemel in London 30: Guid skinny tatties, tae, an’ saut herrin.
at tatie, n.
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