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[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Mystery’ in Five Notions 57: Likewise, the thrifty bookseller / Wept many a bitter drop: / ‘What is the blessed use?’ he said, / ‘The slump declines to stop’.
at blessed, adj.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘South Africa’ in Five Notions 29: Kicked up such a devil’s noise, / That we had to send the boys – / Soldiers from the City.
at boys, the, n.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘The New Issue’ Five Notions 52: We can make the world, Sam – Work the hull darned show; / It is bound to come, Sam, only hoe your row!
at darned, adj.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘M.C.’ in Five Notions 21: We used to butter De Lara once, / We all went mad on De Lara once / (Once, my ducky, an’ only once).
at ducky, n.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Hospital’ in Five Notions 35: It reely ain’t no good, my boys, it reely ain’t no good: / They dump you into London – an’ London ain’t no good.
at dump, v.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Bobs’ in Five Notions 45: ’E don’t gas about the game, / Modest Bobs; / But ’e plays it all the same.
at gas, v.1
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘The Volunteer’ in Five Notions 41: The neighbours said, ‘My eye! / Now ain’t he just a guy?’.
at guy, n.1
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Chocolate’ Five Notions 66: Hurry up them Quakers now; let the stuff be quality; / The tin a sorter keepsake for hisself and kids to prize.
at sort of, phr.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘The White Man’s Burden’ in Five Notions 32: Take up the White Man’s burden, / Behold his daughter fair, / Her healthy English features, / Her pretty English hair; / Your sons she may not marry, / She is too proud a peck.
at peck, n.1
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘M.C.’ in Five Notions 23: Let’s ’ave a drink at the Savage. Here’s to the rorty M.C.!
at rorty, adj.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Hospital’ in Five Notions 34: It’s Tommy this an’ Tommy that, an’ ‘Mind an’ slug the Boer!’.
at slug, v.2
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Books’ in Five Notions 26: We—can—stick—out, hard work, thirst, an’ weariness.
at stick, v.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘The Beginning’ in Five Notions 39: Thus Eve, our common mother, / By pretty, female tricks, / Helped to bring us, her children, / Into our present fix, / With footle at six shillings, / And stodge at three-and-six.
at stodge, n.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Bobs’ Five Notions 46: ’E’s the sort to bring you luck, / General Bobs; / An’ ’e’ll wire you when ’e’s stuck, / Little Bobs.
at stuck, adj.
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘Critics’ in Five Notions 49: What passion, what vision, what vigour, what grip! / O go forth and purchase! And that’s the straight tip!
at straight tip (n.) under tip, n.5
[UK] T.W.H. Crosland ‘M.C.’ in Five Notions 22: To think of the ignorant, blushful kid yours truly used to be! -.
at yours truly, n.
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