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[UK] Dickens Christmas Carol (1868) 5: ‘Bah,’ said Scrooge. ‘Humbug!’.
at bah!, excl.
[UK] Dickens Christmas Carol (1868) 29: There was a great piece of Cold Roast, and there was a great piece of Cold Boiled.
at boiled, n.
[UK] Dickens Christmas Carol (1868) 22: Scrooge reverently disclaimed... any knowledge of having willfully ‘bonneted’ the Spirit at any period of his life.
at bonnet, v.
[UK] Dickens Christmas Carol (1868) 5: ‘Bah,’ said Scrooge. ‘Humbug!’.
at humbug!, excl.
[UK] Dickens Christmas carol 1: To edge his way along the crowded paths of life, warning all human sympathy to keep its distance, was what the knowing ones call ‘nuts’ to Scrooge.
at nuts, n.1
[UK] Dickens Christmas Carol (1868) 42: And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in.
at tear, v.
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