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[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 57: Champagne [...] had roused his lordship considerably, and given him an amount of ‘Dutch courage’.
at Dutch courage, n.
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 28: Ike’s knowledge of some of the bookmakers he had met in the old land led him to believe that ‘hard-uppishness’ would scare any knight of the pencil away.
at hard-up, adj.
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 229: I hope to h— the horse will break his neck and his rider’s too.
at to hell (adv.) under hell, n.
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 28: Ike’s knowledge of some of the bookmakers he had met in the old land led him to believe that ‘hard-uppishness’ would scare any knight of the pencil away.
at ...the pencil under knight of the..., n.
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 263: You’ll never lag me alive, you cur.
at lag, v.2
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 223: ‘He’s turned mouse, has he?’ said an ill-looking man. [...] ‘He’s turned us over.’.
at mouse, n.
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 31: You do things up to the nines here.
at up to the nines, phr.
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 141: [of a horse] ‘Dead lame,’ said Marston. ‘Nobbled, sure as a gun!’ said Ike.
at nobble, v.2
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 223: ‘He’s turned mouse, has he?’ said an ill-looking man. [...] ‘He’s turned us over.’.
at turn over (on) (v.) under turn over, v.1
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 29: If I’d asked some of our home bookies to part up a sov. they’d have told me to go to the devil, probably.
at part up (v.) under part, v.
[Aus] N. Gould Double Event 22: He’s got the straight griff for something.
at straight, adj.1
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