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No Place of Safety choose

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[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 144: Doesn’t ring a bell. What’s her Christian name?
at ring a bell (v.) under bell, n.1
[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 52: She was a mite sceptical about his treatment of the obvious skivers and bludgers.
at bludger, n.
[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 31: Amiable enough old body. Bit of a dodderer. Getting past his sell-by date.
at old body (n.) under body, n.
[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 131: Bully for her. I bet she’s got help in bringing it up.
at bully for —! (excl.) under bully, adj.1
[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 27: Many of the temporary residents begged in the centre of Leeds, or busked.
at busk, v.
[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 132: Because Ben and women, together, they’re dynamite.
at dynamite, adj.
[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 175: If you do anything to damage my business I’ll have your guts for garters.
at have someone’s guts for garters (v.) under gut, n.
[UK] R. Barnard No Place of Safety 173: Unless he had some reason for keeping shtoom that outweighed the danger.
at keep shtoom (v.) under shtoom, adj.
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