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A. Mutt, a complete compilation 1907–8 choose

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[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 18: It took a couple of jolts of lemon sour to round him this a.m.
at a.m., n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Mutt, Complete Compilation (1977) 3: I must have miscalculated. If only I had a live hunch for this aft.
at aft, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 8: [caption] Sinkers and —.
at coffee-and, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 19: You understand of course that we get our bit out of that mazuma. Come through.
at bit, n.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 3: I wanta get this on before the books get wise.
at book, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 6: Pretty tough to have to spend Sunday in the bug ward.
at bug ward (n.) under bug, n.4
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 16: I wonder if I can bull this pill roller into selling me a jolt.
at bull, v.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 20: That old ‘sure thing’ bull works wonders. They all fall for it.
at bull, n.6
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 18: The old man is bugs. Cloudlight’s a bum. Now let me see, Johnny Lyons looks the class.
at bum, n.3
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 6: The whole cheese on ‘Darington’ to win.
at whole cheese, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 4: Mr. A. Mutt Makes a Clean-Up. He Had $25 Both Ways on Sugarmaid.
at clean-up, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 10: A Mutt Is Cleaned So Often That He Don’t Need the Bathtub.
at cleaned (out), adj.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 19: You understand of course that we get our bit out of that mazuma. Come through.
at come through, v.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 3: Why, this is the softest graft I ever struck [...] No more counter-jumping for me.
at counter-jumper, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 3: They must have been feeding that crab of mine on birdseed and snails.
at crab, n.3
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 16: The roll is now $44800 in Uncle Sam’s koosh. [Ibid.] 27: Hither, gentle kush, hither.
at cush, n.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 16: I might as well show a flash of class and grab one of those domes.
at dome, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 6: Get wise to yourself. You’re dotty in the dome.
at dotty, adj.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 11: Will he be there Monday? Can a duck swim?
at can a duck swim? under duck, n.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 8: Now if I can duck up to the hay without bumping into a couple of collectors I’m O.K.
at duck, v.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 4: Bring a couple more canvas backs, nine orders of frogs legs [...] and start cooling another case of ‘foolish water’.
at foolish water (n.) under foolish, adj.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 12: It’s absolutely an impossibility for A. Mutt to keep away from the racing game.
at game, n.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 5: For 4 bits I’d take the gas route. I’m done. Never again!
at take the gas (v.) under gas, n.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 3: A fellow what used to go with a sister of a man who is a half cousin to a gazabo who was a stable boy [...].
at gazabo, n.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 7: I gotta tell the old lady and then I’ll get mine.
at get one’s (v.) under get, v.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 16: A. Mutt’s tip on Sheehan was all to the good, but he could not leave well alone and had to dally with the other goats.
at goat, n.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 8: I’m an old hand at this gum shoe stuff.
at gumshoe, adj.
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 7: With the whole bankroll gone and the old cannon in hock, he is still at it.
at in hock under hock, n.2
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 13: Have you anything to say for yourself before I give you the hook?
at give someone the hook (v.) under hook, n.1
[US] B. Fisher A. Mutt in Blackbeard Compilation (1977) 11: He may last ’till Monday, Doc, if we shoot a little hop into him.
at hop, n.3
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