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[UK] Bury Times 14 Feb. 1/5: [advert] No Quackery! No Quackery! The Abernethian Family of Aperient and Digestive Pills.
at quackery (n.) under quack, n.1
[UK] Bury Times 29 Nov. 4/6: When he says that he is ‘bested’ he means that he is [...] utterly spiflicated and catawumpus’d.
at best, v.
[UK] Bury Times 29 Nov. 4/6: When he says that he is ‘bested’ he means that he is [...] utterly spiflicated and catawumpus’d.
at catawampus, v.
[UK] Bury Times 29 Nov. 4/6: When he says that he is ‘bested’ he means that he is utterly spiflicated and catawumpus’d.
at spiflicate, v.
[UK] Bury Times 12 July3/3: A young man [...] complained that Mr Barker had spoken of one of his opponents as [...] a thickhead.
at thickhead, n.
[UK] Bury Times 8 June 3/2: How pale you look about the gills!
at white about/around/in/round the gills (adj.) under gills, n.1
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