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The Common Law choose

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[US] R.W. Chambers Common Law Ch. xi: An actorine? If she is I’ll take a box for the rest of the season including the road and one-night stands.
at actorine, n.
[US] R.W. Chambers Common Law 282: ‘Got the frozen mitt, didn’t he?’ ‘And the Grand Cordon of the double cross.’.
at frozen mitt (n.) under mitt, n.
[US] R.W. Chambers Common Law 63: ‘Would you like to have a chance to study?’ ‘Study? What?’ ‘Sculpture — any old thing!’.
at any old thing (n.) under thing, n.
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