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[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 350: Old Airy-fairy Simister, who, as we all know, is anxious to remain a kind of Machiavellian Mrs Harris, has a theory.
at airy-fairy, adj.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 256: He was up to some really nasty nap and double.
at nap and double, n.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 352: It also gives us the blessed possibility that the Big Bezezus himself will turn up to make a personal affair of it.
at bezesus, n.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 336: ‘Not now, old boy,’ he said wearily. ‘Go to bye-byes.’.
at go (to) bye-bye(s) (v.) under bye-bye(s), n.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 326: ‘Cave,’ he whispered.
at cave!, excl.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 350: Poor old St. Swithin got it in the neck.
at get it in the neck, v.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 308: When we’re successful you coughs up and you coughs up ’andsome.
at handsome, adv.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (2004) 27: [We] got very pally with old Hanky Panky the Magician [...] took an intelligent interest in the fellow’s technique.
at hankypanky, n.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 308: Since we’re all on the make [...] I’ll give you a piece of information for your first fifty.
at on the make under make, n.2
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 371: What’s to prevent my killing you, as soon as we stop being matey?
at matey, adj.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 321: You sit down, matey, an’ ’ave a friendly game o’ cards.
at matey, n.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 222: You’ll keep your little turned-up neb out of it.
at neb, n.1
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 330: I ain’t ’ad ’arf a sock on the ’ead.
at sock, n.2
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 346: ‘Hullo, Sonny Boy,’ he said, grinning.
at son, n.1
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 373: I should be very interested to know how you intend to get away with your reputation all pure and virgie and our Albert’s poor little mucked-up corp. lying about?
at virgie, n.
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (2004) 29: Mr Campion hesitated. ‘I’d like to have a whack at Sinister,’ he said.
at have a whack at (v.) under whack, n.1
[UK] M. Allingham Mystery Mile (1982) 320: Wotcher, Spring’eel Jack!
at wotcher!, excl.
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