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Light in the Valley choose

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[Aus] C. Mann Light in the Valley 166: [a gun shot] ‘Where the deuce did that come from?’ ‘Aw some angora on th’ boat havin’ a potshot at the cormorants.’.
at angora, n.
[Aus] C. Mann ‘Old Rosy’ in Light in the Valley 191: The poor blob fainted.
at blob, n.
[Aus] C. Mann ‘The Ring on the Hill’ Light in the Valley 203: Be gob, you great loafin’ hound.
at gob!, excl.
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