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The Story of the Gadsbys choose

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[Ind] Kipling Story of Gadsbys 78: G. A man has a right to live his life as happily as he can. You aren’t married. / M. No praise be to Providence and the one or two women who have had the good sense to jawab me.
at juwab, v.
[Ind] Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1889) 55: The whole thing went phut. She wrote to say that there had been a mistake.
at go phut (v.) under phut, adv.
[Ind] Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1891) 116: Here, Gaddy, take the note to Bingle and ride hell-for-leather.
at hell for leather (adv.) under hell, n.
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