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Butterfly and Firefly choose

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[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 1: Marshy and I got on a treato.
at treat, a, adv.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 1: I got the boot, several boots in fact.
at boot, the, n.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 1: ‘Come on,’ he chortled, ‘and get into the clobber!’.
at clobber, n.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 8: A full-grown gentleman in blue [...] collared those two bad feller-me-lads.
at collar, v.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 1: Being rich is not what it’s cracked up to be!
at not all it’s cracked up to be under crack up, v.1
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 1: The old dear was quite pleased to see me.
at old dear, n.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 8: But Percy wasn’t going to stand that. Nunno!
at nunno!, excl.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 1: I trotted off to the Duchess of Dinkums, where the ball was to be held.
at trot (out), v.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 8: He blew it out with all his puff.
at puff, n.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 8: I’ve not done the camera-breaking stunt for donkeys’ years.
at stunt, n.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 8: He threw the photo at me and toddled off.
at toddle, v.
[UK] Butterfly and Firefly 23 Nov. 8: My! he was waxy when he found he was my prisoner.
at waxy, adj.1
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