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The Vengeance choose

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[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 76: It’s Alec all right [...] and it looks as if he’s got ants in his pants to frive like that.
at ants in one’s pants under ants, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 73: Nobody ever heard the story of his tracking down ‘Holy John’s’ murderer. That it was a job ‘out of the bag’ was conceded by all.
at out of the bag (adj.) under one out of the bag, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 23: A broad leather belt [...] bearing the inscription – Gott Mit Uns, Billy’s souvenir of the ‘Big Stoush’ of 1914–18.
at Big Stoush, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 87: Sergeant Harris and his bloodhound, Charlie Warrior.
at bloodhound (n.) under blood, n.1
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 159: Yeatman had beaten them to it and was now somewhere ‘out in the blue’.
at in the blue under blue, n.1
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 53: I had a bo-peep at ’em meself.
at bo-peep, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 140: S’welp me, Charlie, if that swab Yeatman’s ’urt so much as one little ’air of ’er ’ead, I’ll ...
at s’elp me bob!, excl.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 29: There was a bit of a box on with another X bar E Hereford that seemed to have an infected shoulder.
at box, n.2
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 67: ‘What the hell has it got to do with us?’ demanded Fireson angrily. ‘Quite a ruddy lot, me bold buckaroo, hasn’t it, George?’.
at buckaroo, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 156: I’ve never known a nigger turn down buckshee baccy.
at buckshee, adj.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 123: ‘Bullsh!’ ejaculated Bob.
at bullsh, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 74: That’s where [...] Billy first spotted the duffers at work.
at duffer, n.1
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 67: D’ya think ’e’ll reck-ernise ya wiv’ out ya face fungis?
at face fungus (n.) under face, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 8: ‘Holy, flaming, blasted blue blazes,’ the old man erupted.
at flaming, adj.2
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 74: Take a gander at this, Bob.
at take a gander (at) (v.) under gander, n.3
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 54: The old ’Ghan drifted back again into the contemplative mood.
at ’Ghan, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 84: You yeller gutted bastard of a gin man, Albanez!
at gin-man (n.) under gin, n.1
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 21: I’ve got a feelin’ that he’s coming a gutsa.
at gutser, n.2
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 172: I never could stand for niggers’ jiggery-pokery.
at jiggery-pokery, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 141: It’s a newy to me.
at newie, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 162: Got the game sewn up, eh!
at sew up, v.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 68: ‘Stash it, Fireson,’ snarled Nugget.
at stash it (v.) under stash, v.1
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 157: You can stash that sort of twaddle, Mike.
at stash, v.1
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 129: I’m an old worry puss.
at worryguts (n.) under worry, n.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 86: So long, partner. You c’n wrap up our partnership for yourself.
at wrap (it) up (v.) under wrap, v.
[UK] A.E. Farrell Vengeance 84: You yeller gutted bastard of a gin man, Albanez!
at yellow gutted (adj.) under yellow, adj.
[UK] R.J. Arobateau Vengeance! 123: I thought she was just giving herself a little toot now and then, I didn’t know she was gobbling it up like a junk hog!
at junk hog (n.) under junk, n.1
[UK] S. Albert Vengeance 265: Blind panic sucked the logic from his brain as, for seeming endless clicks, he ran round like some delirious dronkie.
at dronkie, n.
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