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Daniel Deronda choose

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[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Daniel Deronda (1967) 830: When it came to the point, Mr. Haynes declared off, and there has been no one to take it since.
at declare off, v.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Daniel Deronda (1967) 279: Violent and capricious, or moony and insipid.
at moony, adj.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Daniel Deronda (1967) 223: The poets have made tragedies enough about signing oneself over to wickedness for the sake of getting something plummy.
at plummy, adj.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Daniel Deronda (1967) 363: I don’t care a toss where you are.
at toss, n.1
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