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Billy Bennett’s Fourth Souvenir Budget choose

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[UK] B. Bennett ‘A Sailor’s Farewell To His Horse’ Billy Bennett’s Fourth Souvenir Budget 11: And I’m sure that we’ll never reach Blighty.
at Blighty, n.
[UK] B. Bennett ‘The Lights of London’ in Billy Bennett’s Fourth Souvenir Budget 24: An old cock pointed to a fat one.
at old cock, n.
[UK] B. Bennett ‘The Lights of London’ in Billy Bennett’s Fourth Souvenir Budget 22: Snowflakes hit you in the kisser.
at kisser, n.
[UK] B. Bennett ‘The Lights of London’ in Billy Bennett’s Fourth Souvenir Budget 23: Crowds are coming back from Epsom, / Broke, as from the train they roll. / One man there has lost his shirt, / His girl’s lost her camisole.
at lose one’s shirt (v.) under shirt, n.
[UK] B. Bennett ‘Me and a Spade’ (in Billy Bennett’s Fourth Souvenir Budget ) 31: I thought to myself, it ain’t long now, / Before Nobby puts on his skates.
at get one’s skates on (v.) under skate, n.
[UK] B. Bennett ‘The Call of the Yukon’ in Billy Bennett’s Fourth Souvenir Budget 7: Call me early, mother dear, / For I’m to be Queen of the slops.
at slop, n.1
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