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[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 29 June 3/5: O jiminy criminy. What a riminy piminy story of riminy.
at criminy!, excl.
[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 16 Oct. 5/3: Dr Balfour [...] rode up from Glasgow on horseback and was very ‘saddle-sick’.
at saddle-sick (adj.) under saddle, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen people’s Jrnl 22 Apr. 4/4: Wha maun [cud] expeck [...] his teelyour an’ proveeshin merchant to keep hi in thack an’ raip an’ belly-timber for the rest o’ his days free gratis.
at belly timber (n.) under belly, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 28 Apr. 2/2: The face of this man had an evil cast, which was not improved by [...] a couple of ‘Newgate Knockers,’ carefully oiled and plaster flat in front of his ears.
at Newgate knocker (n.) under Newgate, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 15 Oct. 10/7: The old gentleman rubbed his bare poll.
at poll, n.1
[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 19 Apr. 3/4: [in emotional trouble] Marmaduke mutters to himself — ‘Not in Queer Street after all, by Jove!’.
at in Queer Street under Queer Street, n.
[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 7 Dec. 2/5: What did Jock Brown, the simple-snotter-box no do? but let the cat oot o’ the puck.
at snotbox (n.) under snot, n.1
[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 15 Aug. 5/4: ‘Blood and thunder!’ he growled.
at blood and ’ounds!, excl.
[Scot] Aberdeen people’s Jrnl 18 Apr. 2/4: ‘Roll out!’ The cook’s voice rings out [...] calling the sleeping cowboys into action.
at roll out (v.) under roll, v.
[Scot] Aberdeen People’s Jrnl 29 Aug. 12/4: Giving her forehead a little tap, as much asd to say ‘something skee-gee in Mrs Brown’s brain’.
at skewgee, adj.
[Scot] Aberdeen Peoples Jrnl 20 May 5/2: See that [your child] goes out to play [...] instead of keeping her tied to your apron atrings.
at tied to someone’s apron-strings (adj.) under apron-strings, n.
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