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[UK] Burnley News 14 Nov. 2/4: He was what the soldiers called a ‘doolally’: immediately he got drunk he got mad.
at doolally, adj.
[UK] Burnley News 7 Apr. 5/3: Hodgson was once more in his most cunning moods. He was a box of tricks [...] and he throughly delighted the crowd.
at box of tricks (n.) under box of..., n.
[UK] Burnley News 9 Jan. 11/1: Blizzards loudly roar [...] / In voices loud and deep and shrill, / You’ll hear the cry to mind your eye.
at mind your eye! (excl.) under eye, n.
[UK] Burnley News 28 May 12/3: The welfare department provides a useful safety valve for the ‘blowing off’ of complaints and grievances.
at blow off, v.2
[UK] Burnley News 16 Apr. 9/4: No doubt the schedule will annoy some who wish to be thought of [as] the ‘Upper ten’ and yet whose position in the social scale is midway between that class and the ‘Lower Five’.
at lower five (n.) under lower, adj.
[UK] Burnley News 1 Sept. 5/4: These clever-clogs who pretend to understand the ins and outs of the gravest mysteries.
at clever clogs (n.) under clever, adj.
[UK] Burnley News 15 Aug. 2/4: The Football Association have always been dead-set against gambling.
at dead set against (adj.) under dead set, adj.
[UK] Burnley News 10 May 14/3: ‘You’re wasting your time,’ Anna retorted cooly. ‘I’ve been on the prowl round here myself’.
at on the prowl under prowl, n.
[UK] Burnley News 28 Nov. 9/6: Children would be coming to school bog-eyed and weary, and quite unfit for serious work.
at bog-eyed (adj.) under bog, n.3
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