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Sparkling Cyanide choose

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[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 107: Mr. Pedro Morales – nasty bit of goods from Mexico.
at nasty bit of work, n.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 77: If Aunt Lucilla and I ask you – she’s an old dear – you’d like her.
at old dear, n.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 107: A gold-digging blonde lovely.
at gold-digging, adj.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 156: Dare say he’s in a funk in case she should get to hear of it.
at funk, n.2
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 114: She looked rather as though she had the jumps herself.
at jumps, the, n.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 161: I had orders to get on friendly terms with Lord Dewsbury – that was my lay.
at lay, n.3
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 102: I’ve got him on the mat again this morning.
at on the mat under mat, n.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 51: But not on the phone, old thing.
at old thing, n.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 110: The band was punk – they just couldn’t seem to swing it.
at punk, adj.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 88: Why should he queer his own pitch?
at queer someone’s pitch (v.) under queer, v.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 172: Let’s have your ‘spot.’ You’ve got one, I suppose?
at spot, n.1
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 104: They were pretty thick at the office and there’s an idea there that she was keen on him.
at thick, adj.
[UK] A. Christie Sparkling Cyanide (1955) 171: She’s got the wind up badly, poor kid.
at get one’s/the wind up (v.) under wind, n.2
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