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Tom Bowling choose

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[UK] A.L. Campbell Tom Bowling II i: You are a sort of bully-swagger, half braggart, half foolish.
at bully-swagger (n.) under bully, n.1
[UK] A.L. Campbell Tom Bowling II v: If you don’t hold your cackle [...] I’ll find out if you’ve got as much pluck as you have jaw.
at cackle, n.
[UK] A.L. Campbell Tom Bowling II v: It is – Henry Lanyard, by gums!
at by gum! (excl.) under gum, n.2
[UK] A.L. Campbell Tom Bowling I ii: The report came that John had run out his cable along with the paw-paw nigger-women, and died in the hospital.
at paw-paw, adj.
[UK] A.L. Campbell Tom Bowling I ii: He always sent him regular what-you-may-call-’ems, per-mittumces, till, within these last twelve months.
at whatchamacallit, n.
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