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[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 307: An inflammatory old female, assisted by an animated rag-bag whom she called her niece.
at rag bag, n.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 333: The black hole of that [prison] ship warn’t a strong one [...] I escaped to the shore.
at black hole (n.) under black, adj.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 71: What the Blue Blazes is he?
at what the blue blazes! (excl.) under blue, adj.5
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 372: This woman in Gerrard St. here, had been married very young, over the broomstick (as we say) to a tramping man.
at jump (over) the broomstick, v.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 156: Oh Jaggerth, Jaggerth, Jaggerth! all otherth ith Cag-Maggerth.
at cagmag, adj.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 160: I shall [...] pull you up if I find you outrunning the constable.
at outrun the constable, v.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 180: Mr. Pocket had been educated at Harrow and Cambridge [...] and taken up the calling of a Grinder.
at grinder, n.1
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 313: I’ll show you a better gentleman than the whole kit on you put together!
at kit, n.2
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 313: Loose tobacco of the kind that it is called negro-head.
at niggerhead, n.1
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 16: You brought no one with you? [...] Nor giv’ no one the office to follow you?
at give (someone) the office (v.) under office, n.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 349: I’m going to take a liberty with you. Would you mind toasting this sausage for the Aged P?.
at p.’s, n.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 159: Spooney! [...] Soft Head!
at softhead (n.) under soft, adj.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 24: If you’d been born a Squeaker [...] a four-footed Squeaker.
at squeaker, n.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 7: Tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame.
at tickler, n.
[UK] Dickens Great Expectations (1992) 197: I tipped him several more [nods], and he was in great spirits.
at tip a/the nod (v.) under tip, v.3
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