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Babes in the Wood: A Romance of the Jungles choose

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[Ind] B.M. Croker Babes in the Wood 194: ‘Then what are you going to do, if you will not accept any of these eligibles? Of course, your mother is most frightfully disappointed’.
at eligible, n.
[Ind] B.M. Croker Babes in the Wood 211: ‘She [...] rides like a man, wears divided skirt, — the latest ‘jim’ — all the go at home’ .
at jim, n.1
[Ind] B.M. Croker Babes in the Wood 206: Mrs. Kennedy chaperoned her to the ‘Saturday club,’ and other dances, where the new ‘spin ‘ made an immediate sensation.
at spin, n.2
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