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[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Silas Marner 153: There was a fair proportion of kindness in Raveloe; but it was often of a beery and bungling sort.
at beery (adj.) under beer, n.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Silas Marner 65: The inclination for a run, encouraged by [...] a draught of brandy from his pocket-pistol at the conclusion of the bargain, was not easy to overcome.
at pocket pistol (n.) under pocket, n.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Silas Marner 53: If you don’t, you know, everything ’ll go to smash.
at go (to) smash (v.) under smash, n.1
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Silas Marner 64: What! has he swopped with you for that big-boned hack of yours?
at swap, v.
[UK] ‘George Eliot’ Silas Marner 126: I’d made a bargain with him to buy the horse for a hundred and twenty—a swinging price, but I always like the horse.
at swinging, adj.1
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