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[UK] S. Armitage ‘Horologium’ in CloudCuckooLand 82: Slap bang on the equator.
at slap-bang, adv.
[UK] S. Armitage ‘Self-Portrait with National Lottery Winnings’ in CloudCuckooLand 9: Stark-bollock-naked except for a hat.
at stark bollock naked, adj.
[UK] S. Armitage ‘Eclipse’ in CloudCuckooLand 124: They think it’s a good crack, leaving me playing blind man’s buff.
at crack, n.1
[UK] S. Armitage ‘The Ship’ in CloudCuckooLand 19: Travellers in time from the year dot.
at year dot (n.) under dot, n.2
[UK] S. Armitage ‘Eclipse’ in CloudCuckooLand 117: He was egging himself, I know that.
at egg, v.2
[UK] S. Armitage ‘The Cup’ CloudCuckooLand 78: Greedy-guts here put it to his lips.
at greedy-gut, n.
[UK] S. Armitage ‘Eclipse’ in CloudCuckooLand 138: Straight away? / Before you can say Jack Robinson.
at before one can say Jack Robinson under Jack Robinson, n.
[UK] S. Armitage ‘Eclipse’ in CloudCuckooLand 122: Everyone scarper and hide.
at scarper, v.
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