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[Aus] Narracoorte Herald SA) 7 Oct. 2/4: Fourteen competitors stormed the six feet fences of the show yards, and it was highly amusing to see the runner climbing the fences. Some of them went over them ‘Like a rat up a pump’.
at like a rat up a drainpipe (adv.) under rat, n.1
[Aus] Narracoorte Herald (SA 4 May 4/3: [orig. Indian text] Our first port of call was Colombo. It is a lovely spot, and typically eastern. A big whisky and a long iced soda is the usual drink there. It is called a ‘burra peg’ .
at burra peg (n.) under burra, adj.
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