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[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Wounded’ Coll. Poems 140: Broke right up and full o’ pain, / But back again – back again!
at broke up, adj.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘A Rhyme of Gaffer D—’ Coll. Poems 123: You won’t get rid of that Old Card, / Leastways till you’ve got rid of sin.
at card, n.2
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Wounded’ Coll. Poems 152: Women’s funny – / So they are! / But who taught ’em / About war? / Where’d they learn / Their bit of drill? / Who is it took ’em / Through the mill? / And gave ’em grit / Enough for ten.
at grit, n.1
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Wounded’ Coll. Poems 122: Our little lot, they say, is ‘it,’ / And not a bunch to stick at trifles.
at it, n.1
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Recipe’ Coll. Poems 201: This is the learning / Unto which we come: / Properly Walloped / Is for ever dumb.
at wallop, v.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘The Diners’ in Coll. Poems 127: (Not just the weeniest bit? / The waiting here’s absurd: / When will they bring the bird?).
at weeny, adj.
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