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People I Have Met 133: The finest thing in the world; or, as he himself would have expressed it, ‘the best thing out by many chalks’.at by a long chalk under chalk, n.1
People I Have Met 133: The finest thing in the world; or, as he himself would have expressed it, ‘the best thing out by many chalks’. People I have Met 42: The dog-collar which rose above the black cloth was of spotless purity.at dog-collar (n.) under dog, n.2
People I Have Met 158: His wife, one of the better of the best society, had flown kites to the height of twenty-five thousand pounds.at fly a kite (v.) under kite, n.
People I Have Met 69: The fellows dine with them, flirt with them, and morris off to town in spring for better amusement.at morris, v.
People I Have Met 227: Now the relieving officer, or, for brevity’s sake, the ‘R.O.,’ was a term of endearment which the Honourable Felix, in common with other young noblemen and gentlemen at Eton, applied to his father.at relieving officer, n.
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