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[UK] M. Anthony Midnight Come 91: Harrison’s entrance felt not so much like slipping into familiar waters as doing a violent belly flop into a [...] brackish pool.
at bellyflop, n.
[UK] M. Anthony Midnight Come 173: Not unless, of course, our friend the wing commander had started kicking up dust about Jonathan carrying on with his daughter.
at kick up (a) dust (v.) under dust, n.
[UK] M. Anthony Midnight Come 172: It was only after I’d pressurized him over the cottage sale that Lambkin really flipped his lid.
at flip one’s lid (v.) under lid, n.
[UK] M. Anthony Midnight Come 157: Trying to get off with a bit of skirt, more like!
at bit of skirt (n.) under skirt, n.
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