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[UK] ‘My Man John’ Songsters Favorite 1: And in the fields he would give me a green gown.
at give someone a green gown (v.) under green gown, n.
[UK] ‘My Man John’ Songsters Favorite 1: I hate his spindle shanks.
at spindleshanks, n.
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