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[UK] Yorks Post 3 Aug. 8/4: It was not a budget at all but a resurrection pie of all the fads and fancies of Radical politicians.
at resurrection pie (n.) under resurrection, n.
[UK] (ref. to 1817) Yorks Post 10 Sept. 3/4: This old firm dates from 1817, when John Lenton started manufacturing real horn magnifiers and quizzers.
at quizzer, n.
[UK] Yorks Post 13 Nov. 7/6: He regretted Mr Snowden was not in the House. He would have got a roasting if he had been.
at roasting, n.
[UK] Yorks. Post & Leeds Intelligencer 31 Oct. 9/3: The Socialists have used such slippery methods [...] they can claim any credit or disown whichever way the cat jumps.
at see which way the cat jumps (v.) under cat, n.1
[UK] Yorks Post 17 Apr. 4/8: Smee is the usual bottle-nosed comic of so many Disney films.
at bottlenosed, adj.
[UK] Yorks. Post & Leeds Intelligencer 6 May 6/4: The public in Australia will keenly follow the performances of our crack left-hand batsmen Neil Harvey and Len Hutton.
at crack, adj.
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