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[UK] Cambridge Chron. 28 July 2/4: When the rope was adjusted round his neck [...] he threw his shoes from off his feet [...] in consequence of a vulgar expression [...] ‘that he will die with his shoes on’.
at die in (one’s) shoes (v.) under shoe, n.
[UK] Cambridge Chron. 12 Mar. 4/5: A Junior Soph’s Dream.
at soph, n.
[UK] Cambridge Chron. 29 Oct. 2/2: Party-wreiters sometimes make small bones of consistency.
at make small bones (of) (v.) under small bones, n.
[UK] Cambridge Chron. 20 Aug. 6/2: Mr Jones and wife, while travelling through the ‘bush’ in haste, met with a melancholy accident [...] recorded by an Adelaide poet [...] ‘And while retreating through the woods [...] He tore his mustn’t-mention-’ems, and had to put on hern’ .
at mustn’t-mention-’ems, n.
[UK] Cambridge Chron. 12 July 6/3: We sincerely hope that the weather will be propitious [...] ‘heavy wet’ outside is not agreeable to riflemen.
at heavy wet, n.
[UK] Cambridge Chron. 20 May 4/7: The company then started [...] headed by an ancient individual with a ‘long-sleeved hat’ of considerable elevation.
at long-sleeved top (n.) under long, adj.
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