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Three Weeks in Politics choose

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[US] J.K. Bangs Three Weeks in Politics 82: I’ll ask them if they see any green, long or short, in my eye.
at see any green (in my eye)? under green, n.1
[US] J.K. Bangs Three Weeks in Politics 64: Why jollying plays so large a part in politics [...] to jolly is to — er — to slap, to treat, to set up.
at jolly, v.
[US] J.K. Bangs Three Weeks in Politics 23: The verb ‘to-pull-a-leg’ means to extract from his pocket all the lucre it will yield.
at pull someone’s leg (v.) under leg, n.
[US] J.K. Bangs Three Weeks in Politics 12: I tell you the thing can’t be done without oiling up the machine.
at oil up (v.) under oil, v.
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