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Standing in Another Man’s Grave choose

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[Scot] I. Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave (2013) 364: ‘Getting a good butcher’s?’ he asked.
at butcher’s hook, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave (2013) 85: You know he put the frighteners on her husband?
at put the frighteners on (v.) under frightener, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave 197: Mind if I steal that for my book? [...] I’m calling it “Fuds Say the Funniest Things”.’ [...] ‘Fud, am I? Maybe we should go round the back...’.
at fud, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave (2013) 370: I think he gets his jollies sticking his fingers up to the rest of us.
at jolly, n.1
[Scot] I. Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave (2013) 197: This place smells like a wrestler’s kecks.
at kecks, n.
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