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The Making of an Englishman choose

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[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 299: Oh, don’tcher care, it’s all over, absoballylutely.
at absoballylutely, adv.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 68: ‘You better have a Kate and Sidney,’ said Maud; ‘it’s English, quite English, you know.’.
at kate and sidney, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman II 198: She did go on awful when a’ got ’ome.
at awful, adv.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 95: One might think you were barmy on the crumpet the way you go on.
at barmy, adj.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 304: ‘Ta-ta. Be good,’ she said, and ran up the stairs.
at be good!, excl.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman II 199: He [...] shouted ‘Hooray! Hoo-blastedray.’.
at blasted, adj.1
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 299: ‘Fetched him one on the koboko,’ Maud summed up.
at boko, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 299: As I wasn’t having any of his old buck we said a tearful farewell, I don’t think.
at buck, n.4
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 69: ‘Look at that one with the green eyes and red hair,’ I said [...] ‘Carrots!’.
at carrots, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 299: I was on the road for a bit after I gave Bert the chuck.
at give someone the chuck (v.) under chuck, n.2
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 317: ‘You are a cough-drop,’ she said. ‘Why, you must be barmy chucking up a good job like that.’.
at cough drop (n.) under cough, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 312: ‘One-eyed sort of place,’ she said; ‘let’s go to Skindles.’.
at one-eyed, adj.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 93: Why don’t you wait till you’re asked? ’Stead of sitting there with a face like yesterday.
at ...yesterday under face like..., phr.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 300: She had come into the restaurant on the chance of ‘getting off’ with ‘one of the boys’.
at get off with (v.) under get off, v.2
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman in DSUE (1984).
at get me, Steve? under get, v.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 71: ‘Give over,’ she said as she snatched her hand away.
at give over!, excl.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 299: What am I doing now? Nothing extra, walking on in second line; it ain’t all ’oney, eh, Serrie?
at honey, n.1
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 95: If that’s the way they do it in Border I’m not surprised you got the hoof.
at get the hoof (v.) under hoof, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 61: Now then, Mr. Frenchman, none of your monkey tricks.
at monkey tricks, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 301: In the cab the American lay back as if asleep after inviting us to ‘canoodle’ all we wanted. And Maud, after declaring that spooning was O-R-P-H, orph, allowed me to take her in my arms and kiss her.
at o.r.p.h., adj.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 319: It’s dollars to doughnuts we couldn’t get fixed without you had the ooftish.
at oof, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman I 71: Never mind your words so long as you’ve the limelight on your pearlies.
at pearlies, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 229: Neville was a ‘pussy-cat,’ meek, kindly and pretty.
at pussycat, n.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 317: ‘Do you mean that you won’t marry me?’ I asked increduously. ‘Oh, sit on a tack,’ said Maud.
at go sit on a tack! (excl.) under sit, v.
[UK] W.L. George Making of an Englishman III 229: The ugly, leering men were ‘toads.’.
at toad, n.
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