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[US] E. Field ‘Atmospheric Deception’ Little Bk of Trib. Verse (1901) 171: ‘Well, I’ll be blowed,’ he sadly moaned.
at I’ll be blowed! (excl.) under blowed, adj.1
[US] E. Field ‘I Cannot Sing the Old Songs’ Little Bk of Trib. Verse (1901) 226: For when I used to sing these songs, / My Papa blankety blanked, / And Mama took me on her knee / And I, alas! was spanked.
at blankety-blank, phr.
[US] E. Field ‘Joseph Wilson’ Little Bk of Trib. Verse (1901) 205: Joseph Wilson — half-past one— Hanky-panky—lots of fun.
at hankypanky, n.
[US] E. Field ‘Formerly of Kansas’ Little Bk of Trib. Verse (1901) 167: Is it you, old pard, with your whitened hair.
at pard, n.
[US] E. Field ‘The Pioneer’ Little Bk of Trib. Verse (1901) 169: Why, mercy sakes alive! / There fell a fifteen foot of snow.
at sakes!, excl.
[US] E. Field ‘Joseph Wilson’ Little Bk of Trib. Verse (1901) 205: General in an awful stew.
at stew, n.1
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