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A Little of What You Fancy choose

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[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 455: I’m all of a tizzy this morning.
at all of a tiswas, adj.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 555: He thought they ought to be plain but posh. No mucking about.
at muck about, v.
[UK] H.E. Bates Little of What You Fancy (1985) 481: That was coming the old acid a bit, wasn’t it?
at come the (old) acid (v.) under acid, n.2
[UK] H.E. Bates Little of What You Fancy (1985) 565: They still had afters to come: the Christmas pudding and brandy.
at afters, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 484: ‘Yes!’ Pop shouted. ‘You old fat arse.’.
at fat-arse, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates Little of What You Fancy (1985) 564: University my Aunt Nellie. Never spoil a natural talent.
at my aunt! (excl.) under aunt, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates Little of What You Fancy (1985) 570: Dows, Taylors, Fonseca, Cockburn – the whole shoot.
at whole bang shoot, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 514: You know the reputation these Frogs have got – magnificent bedders and all that.
at bed, v.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 522: Hair of the dog was Pop’s favourite remedy when you’d had one or two over the eight.
at hair of the dog (that bit one), n.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 483: What the ruddy blue hell are you doing with my flowers?
at blue, adj.1
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 560: Ma, struck speechless for the third time that morning, told herself she would go to the bone-house. She didn’t for the life of her know what things were coming to.
at bone-house (n.) under bone, n.1
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 483: It was the only thing to save her from going completely stark, staring crackers.
at stark staring bonkers, adj.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 484: ‘Bum!’ Pop said very loudly from the bed.
at bum!, excl.1
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 442: Ma [...] urged him to have another good burp or two.
at burp, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 488: I’ll buzz you back.
at buzz, v.1
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 489: The effect on him had been something chronic.
at something chronic (n.) under chronic, adj.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 538: ‘Counting the coconuts, Mr Larkin, sir?’ he merely said.
at coconut, n.1
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 516: He’d be down the drain any day now. Either that or up the ruddy creek.
at up the creek (without a paddle) under creek, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 510: The old dog, Pop thought.
at old dog, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 499: Blake was dotty [...] All wonderful people are dotty.
at dotty, adj.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 477: Yes, good egg. I’ll try the champers.
at good egg!, excl.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 452: On one occasion [...] she had thrown over the fence, like a verbal hand grenade, the phrase ‘red egghead!’.
at egghead, n.1
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 581: He didn’t think they fell nowadays, what with the Pill and all that.
at fall, v.4
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 454: He don’t ’alf raise ’ell if he don’t ’ave ’is cigars, I tell you.
at not half, phr.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 535: She knew she wasn’t very hot on world affairs.
at hot on, adj.2
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 543: Rope her in. Must have Edith with the troops.
at rope in, v.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 560: Pop not liking the taste? It really had her be-jiggered.
at I’m jiggered (if) (excl.) under jiggered, adj.1
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 488: Meanwhile fondest salutations and all that. Avec knobs. Bless.
at with knobs on under knob, n.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 560: She was very near tempted to start making up to him herself.
at make up to (v.) under make, v.
[UK] H.E. Bates A Little of What You Fancy (1985) 511: Will report at the same hour tomorrow if the medico permits. Press on.
at medico, n.
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