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[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 165: For three months of the year I have a fine holiday that costs me just sweet Fatty Arbuckle!
at sweet Fanny Adams, n.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 34: Time for a haircut soon, I’d say, but the uniform’s bang on.
at bang on (adj.) under bang, adv.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 175: This ain’t no time for chewing the fat.
at chew the fat, v.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 177: Mr Krest gave orders for what he called a ‘wingding’. ‘Gotta celebrate, Liz.’.
at wing-ding, n.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 162: What was that American expression? ‘Eating crow?’.
at eat boiled crow (v.) under eat, v.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 161: No doubt she had to pay heavily for her ‘fairy story’.
at fairy-story (n.) under fairy, n.1
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 40: Fat lot Bill cares.
at fat lot (n.) under fat, adj.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 8: That little frog bit in the canteen.
at frog, adj.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 17: All the top gen.
at gen, n.2
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 182: You ain’t told him that those Heinies up front ain’t just for ornament?
at Heinie, n.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 160: The old Hun again.
at Hun, n.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 17: Seven o’clock in the morning’s a rum time for a hold-up.
at rum, adj.
[UK] I. Fleming For Your Eyes Only (1962) 168: You know what you just done, treas?
at treasure, n.1
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