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Dry Store Room No. 1 choose

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[UK] R. Fortey Dry Store Room No. 1 97: The latest whiz-bang computer program.
at whiz bang, adj.
[UK] R. Fortey Dry Store Room No. 1 153: In nature, it is always an attractive option to bludge a living, as an Australian might say.
at bludge, v.
[UK] R. Fortey Dry Store Room No. 1 154: The boffins come blinking into the light.
at boffin, n.
[UK] R. Fortey Dry Store Room No. 1 144: Genes, like old soaks, can evidently be pickled in spirits.
at pickled, adj.
[UK] R. Fortey Dry Store Room No. 1 151: It could be argued that alcohol was necessary to help him survive a life in the whale room with its overwhelming pong.
at pong, n.1
[UK] R. Fortey Dry Store Room No. 1 144: Genes, like old soaks, can evidently be pickled in spirits.
at soak, n.1
[UK] R. Fortey Dry Store Room No. 1 150: He had the deliberate delivery of the habitually sozzled, a series of short barks separated by significant pauses.
at sozzled, adj.
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