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Adventures of Mrs May choose

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[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 84: You greedy old bag o’ bones, I ’ope that ’addick pisins you.
at bag of bones, n.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 62: My motter is same as my family’s, ‘Honest is ’er who ’as the bally pence’.
at bally, adj.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 106: ‘Do you deny having the goods?’ the Beak arsts.
at beak, n.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 152: ’E looked beautiful creepy, and Em were quite proud of ’im.
at beautiful, adj.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 56: ‘Well,’ ’e says, ‘I biff the sticks out when the rent ain’t paid.’.
at biff, v.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 22: ’Awkins ’ad a boss eye.
at boss-eye, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 67: Belinda were a bit wobbly when she went into the box.
at box, n.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 41: Why you’d go down among the ’ole of ’Oxton as a crackpot, and a fellow with a calves foot head.
at calf’s head (n.) under calf, n.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 15: My grandfather always wore a chimley pot ’at on Sundays.
at chimney-pot (hat) (n.) under chimney, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 67: Been all doody-doo and nerves somethink chronic ever since that day.
at something chronic (n.) under chronic, adj.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 57: I’d done ’er a favour a few days ago, lendin’ ’er my umbrella [...] which under the circs I didn’t want back.
at circs, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 199: ‘Oh!’ I says when I managed to stop ’er clack. ‘I see the root of yer trouble.’.
at clack, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 70: ‘’Ow’d that suit you Gladys?’ she says. ‘Do a bit of work while yer old man’s in the clink.’.
at clink, n.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 34: I copped ’im proper over me tale.
at cop, v.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 206: You’re as artful as a wagon load of monkeys.
at cunning as a (whole) wagon-load of monkeys (adj.) under cunning, adj.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 10: ‘It’s a proper diddle,’ I said.
at diddle, n.3
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 108: Same ’ere, old ducks.
at ducks, n.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 64: ‘Look ’ere, you idjits,’ I said laughing like.
at eejit, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 109: Fetch ’im a oner side of th’ ’ead.
at fetch, v.2
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 51: D’you think we’re a couple of birds goin’ to do a flit and take yer ’ouse with us as we fly away?
at moonlight flit, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 48: What flummoxed me when I went, was as I still ’adn’t another ’ome to go to.
at flummox, v.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 20: You’ve generally got a bit of Insurance money to draw when they’ve ’opped the twig.
at hop the twig, v.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 19: An ’usband oughter be a combination nurse-cook, and a nice devoted chap [...] But is ’e? Not likely!
at not likely, phr.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 75: ’Orace [...] would be so sorry to be away, bein’ so mashed on the mission to waifs and strays.
at mashed (on), adj.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 54: I’ve known ’em come and knock as though they was the postman [...] or call out ‘milko’ at the back door.
at milko, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 70: And as for you, you old jellybag, don’t you come cadgin’ for no more of Mother’s ruin of me.
at mother’s ruin (n.) under mother, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 81: ’Orace were me nevvy.
at nevvy, n.
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 21: There’s no good argyfyin’ with a gentleman, ’speshly when ’e’s a bit on.
at on, adv.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs May 170: You ain’t never knowed a char-lady like me. And [...] you’ve evident been used to pigging it.
at pig it (v.) under pig, v.1
[UK] Breton & Bevir Adventures of Mrs. May 180: You gotter make it pay. You got to get as much outer it as poss. if yer the top of the perfesh.
at poss, adj.
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