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Famous South African Trials choose

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[SA] N. Devitt Famous S. Afr. Trials 147: The burglars [...] looked upon the railway station office as ‘a sure bird’.
at bird, n.1
[SA] N. Devitt Famous S. Afr. Trials 148: They bargained with the cabby, but as he wanted to charge them five pounds for the drive they refused. [...] So they ‘jumped’ a train outside Pretoria station.
at jump, v.
[SA] N. Devitt Famous S. Afr. Trials 27: The estimable body of men [...] [were] ‘bored stiff’ with the proceedings.
at bore stiff (v.) under stiff, adj.
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