1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 112: You can bet your bottom dollar I do.at bet one’s bottom dollar (v.) under bet, v.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 83: She was just being sent home to some bigwig.at bigwig, n.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 39: The Admiralty rather choked me off, but Scotland Yard were very civil.at choke off, v.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 143: They call it heart failure induced by an overdose, or some such claptrap.at clap-trap, n.1
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 169: But I wish to God I’d been the one to get it in the neck.at get it in the neck, v.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 140: ‘Holy snakes!’ he ejaculated. ‘is this really you?’.at holy hell! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 103: ‘I guess I’m a mutt,’ said Julius with unusual humility.at mutt, n.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 70: Fancied he might be sweet on the missus, that’s all.at sweet on (adj.) under sweet, adj.1
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 26: ‘That’s torn it,’ said Tommy.at that’s torn it under tear, v.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 189: ‘I thought you’d rather I tolled you back to London’.at tool, v.
1922 A. Christie Secret Adversary (1955) 28: ‘That’s Gloucester Road way. Plenty of time to get there if we Tube’.at tube (it) (v.) under tube, n.1