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Felix Holt choose

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[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Felix Holt III 157: But you see, these riots – it’s been a nasty business. I shall have my hair combed at the sessions for a year to come.
at comb someone’s hair (v.) under comb, v.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Felix Holt II 105: Is the minister ill? I thought he looked creechy.
at creechy, adj.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Felix Holt I 243: That’s what I said at the very first go-off.
at go-off, n.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Felix Holt II 81: It’s a bit of a pill for him, too.
at pill, n.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Felix Holt I 257: A screwing fellow, by what I understand – a domineering fellow – who would expect men to do as he liked without paying them for it.
at screw, v.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Felix Holt II I 143: Moro yapped in a puppy voice at their heels.
at yap, v.1
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