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[UK] Austen Sense and Sensibility (1970) 168: Fifty thousand pounds! and by all accounts it won’t come before it’s wanted; for they say he’s all to pieces.
at all to pieces, adj.
[UK] Austen Sense and Sensibility (1970) 262: Poor Edward! – he has done for himself completely – shut himself out for ever from all decent society!
at do for, v.
[UK] Austen Sense and Sensibility (1970) 38: Last Christmas, at a little hop at the park, he danced from eight o’clock till four.
at hop, n.1
[UK] Austen Sense and Sensibility (1970) 88: Many young men, who had chambers in the Temple made a very good appearance in the first circles, and drove about town in very knowing gigs.
at knowing, adj.
[UK] Austen Sense and Sensibility (1970) 192: Marianne was spared from the troublesome feelings of contempt [...] on the puppyism of his manner.
at puppyism (n.) under puppy, n.
[UK] Austen Sense and Sensibility (1970) 255: We must touch up the Colonel to do something to the parsonage.
at touch up, v.1
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