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The Tiger in the Smoke choose

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[UK] M. Allingham Tiger in the Smoke (1978) 76: It’s only poor Blinky, Orficer.
at blink, n.1
[UK] M. Allingham Tiger in the Smoke (1978) 81: ‘Who is he? A busy?’ ‘Busy! P’lice!’ Tiddy Doll spat.
at busy, n.
[UK] M. Allingham Tiger in the Smoke (1978) 141: He’s spark out, only just breathin’.
at spark out, adj.
[UK] M. Allingham Tiger in the Smoke 73: There were two courses open to him. He could spiv around with an army of accountants, looking for loopholes in the law, or he could gamble on the exchange.
at spiv, v.
[UK] M. Allingham Tiger in the Smoke (1978) 184: If you ’ad only woodened ’er, we’d have ’ad all the time in the world.
at wooden (out) (v.) under wooden, adj.
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