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One Bright Child choose

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[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 88: Gloria! Slow down there, battleship!
at battleship, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 139: No, old bean, old sport, old son.
at old bean (n.) under bean, n.2
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 102: Stand on a chair and scream blue murder, of course!
at blue murder, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 53: Such a botheration.
at botheration, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 48: Cut the engines. Tell the Chief Steward we’re going to have to run in silence.
at cut, v.4
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 81: This is my demob suit, my only suit.
at demob suit (n.) under demob, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 78: Good egg, old Norman.
at good egg, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 53: You know how much Jamaicans love to put milk in the coffee!
at put milk in the coffee (v.) under milk, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 145: You’ll find a bottle of Mother’s Ruin that will do me very nicely.
at mother’s ruin (n.) under mother, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 117: I skived off under this bridge during many a school cross-country run.
at skive, v.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 130: ‘Spit it out, dear,’ Margaret advised.
at spit it out! (excl.) under spit, v.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Cumper One Bright Child 152: It took me about five minutes to decide that you were just the ticket.
at just the ticket under ticket, n.1
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