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[UK] H.S. Brown Manliness 17: He never goes away or withdraws, but he ‘bolts’ – he ‘slopes’.
at bolt, v.
[UK] H.S. Brown Manliness 17: A man not remarkable for good sense is a ‘cake’.
at cake, n.1
[UK] H.S. Brown Manliness 18: To be disappointed is to be ‘dished’.
at dished, adj.
[UK] H.S. Brown Manliness 17: When he is humiliated, he is [...] ‘made to sing small’.
at sing small (v.) under sing, v.
[UK] H.S. Brown Manliness 17: He never goes away or withdraws, but he ‘bolts’ – he ‘slopes’.
at slope, v.2
[UK] H.S. Brown Manliness 17: If he sees anything remarkably good he calls it a ‘stunner’, the superlative of which is a ‘regular stunner’.
at stunner, n.
[UK] H.S. Brown Manliness 17: [of a dog] If he meets a savage-looking dog he calls him an ‘ugly customer’.
at ugly customer (n.) under ugly, adj.
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