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[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 125: If you aren’t in bed in two seconds from now, Jennings, you’ll catch it hot.
at catch it (v.) under catch, v.1
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 73: It’s a mouldy chizz [...] If Old Winkie had any decency he’d let us off.
at chiz, v.
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 76: We shall have to fork up out of our own pockets.
at fork out, v.
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 110: Oh, don’t be such a fusspot.
at fusspot, n.
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 190: ‘Go it, Jen!’ yelled Darbishire.
at go it!, excl.
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 164: I’m going to the jewellers to get your old headlamps fixed.
at headlamps (n.) under head, n.
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 91: I’ll give you a leg-up through the window.
at give someone a leg up (v.) under leg, n.
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 141: You’re a bogus, gruesome swizzler and you haven’t a leg to stand on.
at swizzler, n.
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 68: Well, we’re getting that holiday he woffled about.
at waffle, v.1
[UK] A. Buckeridge According to Jennings (1991) 68: I’ll show you how he zonks a boundary over the bowler’s head.
at zonk, v.
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