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[UK] A. Chevalier Before I Forget (1901) 232: If I buys cheap an’ sells dear, I’m a-goin’ to take the doner to the theatre to-night to see Nell Perry act – an’ she can act!
at dona, n.
[UK] A. Chevalier Before I Forget (1902) 232: ’Ere! this won’t do. I can’t afford ter do the eavy an’ lounge abaht!
at do the heavy (v.) under heavy, n.
[UK] Albert Chevalier in Before I Forget (1901) 231: King Charles was off ’is peck but ’adn’t ’e got a thirst on ’im! Lor! couldn’t he shift the corfee!
at off one’s peck under peck, n.1
[UK] A. Chevalier Before I Forget (1901) 232: King Charles was off ’is peck but ’adn’t ’e got a thirst on ’im! Lor! couldn’t he shift the corfee!
at shift, v.
[UK] Albert Chevalier ‘The God and The Star’ in Before I Forget (2009) 231–2: I’ve just left King Charles an’ Oliver Cromwell ’avin’ a cup o’ thick an’ a doorstep at the corfee stall.
at thick, n.
[UK] Albert Chevalier in Before I Forget (1901) 232: Lizer finks I’m stuck on Nell Perry, but as I sez, I admires ’er as a hartist, but it don’t foller ’cos I blews a bob for a front seat in the Gawds of a Saturday night as I’m goin’ to hoffer ’er marriage.
at stuck on (adj.) under stuck, adj.
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