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[UK] R. Dahl Twits (1982) 75: ‘He’s balmy!’ ‘He’s batty!’.
at balmy, adj.
[UK] R. Dahl Twits (1982) 75: He’s dotty! [...] He’s balmy!
at dotty, adj.
[UK] R. Dahl Twits (1982) 69: Those two fearful frumptious freaks eat Bird Pie every week for supper!
at freak, n.1
[UK] R. Dahl Twits (1982) 42: ‘I’ll get you for this!’ shouted Mrs Twit.
at get, v.
[UK] R. Dahl Twits (1982) 75: ‘He’s nutty!’ ‘He’s screwy!’.
at screwy, adj.
[UK] R. Dahl Twits (1982) 10: He was born a twit. And now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever.
at twit, n.
[UK] R. Dahl Twits (1982) 61: I’ll wipe that silly laugh off your beaks!
at wipe the smile off someone’s face (v.) under wipe, v.
[UK] R. Dahl Twits [play] 32: mr twit: Hey, my spaghetti is moving. mrs twit: What’s that, my angel-puss?
at angel puss (n.) under angel, n.
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