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The Memoirs of Lafitte: the Barritarian Pirate choose

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[US] Lafitte 10: You know when John Bull gets plenty of corn in his garret, he is apt to be a little proud and dictatorial.
at garret, n.
[US] Lafitte 30: ‘Hell and furies!’ cried he.
at hell!, excl.
[US] Lafitte 7: May I never see the white cliffs of old England again, if I am not heartily glad to escape from this horrid hole!
at hole, n.1
[US] Lafitte 10: You know too when a sailor gets his ‘three sheets spread in the wind,’ he fears neither God, man or the devil.
at three sheets in the wind, phr.
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