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The Balloons in the Black Bag choose

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[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 90: If the Major calls him darky, sooty, [...] boogie, ape, jassbo, jigaboo, eightball, seal, jungle bunny, skunk or Zulu to his face, we’re going to be short of a valuable new comedy act.
at ape, n.
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in the Black Bag 41: The big girl’s blouse was sat seated on the bench, eyes closed, a look of foolish rapture on his face.
at big girl’s blouse (n.) under big, adj.
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 90: If the Major calls him darky, sooty, Gunga Din, Sambo, coon, jig, moke, dinge, shine, crow, smoke, [...] skunk or Zulu to his face, we’re going to be short of a valuable new comedy act.
at crow, n.2
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 156: How many customers? You know: johns, mugs, gonks, for Christ’s sake.
at gonk, n.
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 90: If the Major calls him darky, [...] ape, jassbo, jigaboo, eightball, seal, jungle bunny, skunk or Zulu to his face, we’re going to be short of a valuable new comedy act.
at jazzbo, n.
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 26: ‘It’s a fucking outrage!’ ‘Language, Charlie!’ said Emma Jane sharply.
at language!, excl.
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 90: If the Major calls him darky, sooty, Gunga Din, Sambo, coon, jig, moke, dinge, [...] skunk or Zulu to his face, we’re going to be short of a valuable new comedy act.
at moke, n.2
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 155: ‘Huh!’ ‘Huh won’t help you when eighteen pie-eyed Lancers come dancing through the door looking for naughty girls.’.
at pie-eyed (adj.) under pie, n.
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 90: If the Major calls him darky, [...] eightball, seal, jungle bunny, skunk or Zulu to his face, we’re going to be short of a valuable new comedy act.
at seal, n.2
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 169: ‘shit face!’ I shouted.
at shitface, n.1
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 90: If the Major calls him darky, sooty, [...] skunk or Zulu to his face, we’re going to be short of a valuable new comedy act.
at sooty, n.
[UK] W. Donaldson Balloons in Black Bag 90: If the Major calls him darky, [...] jungle bunny, skunk or Zulu to his face, we’re going to be short of a valuable new comedy act.
at Zulu, n.
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