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A Good Keen Man choose

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[NZ] B. Crump A Good Keen Man 76: Jock did his bun properly. ‘So my money’s not good enough, eh mate?’ he snarled at the driver.
at do one’s bun (v.) under bun, n.3
[NZ] B. Crump A Good Keen Man 117: Jim cracked a bottle of beer.
at crack a bottle (v.) under crack, v.2
[NZ] B. Crump Good Keen Man 58: I suspect she was a real Kiwi mum, with a soft spot for her little Harry.
at Kiwi, adj.
[NZ] B. Crump A Good Keen Man 131: He sounded like a pommie, but reckoned he came from the Argentine.
at pommie, n.
[NZ] B. Crump A Good Keen Man 161: Another interview with the flash pot-gutted bloke.
at pot-gutted (adj.) under pot, n.1
[NZ] B. Crump A Good Keen Man 83: He went in and killed both boars with the short-handled slasher he carried everywhere.
at slasher, n.1
[NZ] B. Crump A Good Keen Man 161: All right, smarty.
at smarty, n.
[NZ] B. Crump A Good Keen Man 181: Somebody had been kicking up a stink about a shooter who had cut his leg with a slasher.
at kick up a stink (v.) under stink, n.
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