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[UK] Badminton Mag. 2 500: Over professional jockeys the ruling authorities do undoubtedly exercise a very strict supervision, and cases of questionable riding are promptly and rigorously investigated ; but the ‘qualified’ thief often plays Captain Armstrong all over the country for years.
at Captain Armstrong (n.) under captain, n.
[UK] Badminton Mag. VIII 293: Now there was at that time in Poona one of those private syndicates, a racing owners’ union [...] known to the initiated as ‘The Chor and Loocher Confederacy,’ whose sole aim and object was to enrich themselves at the public expense.
at loocha, n.
[UK] Badminton Mag. 26 198: Not to put too fine a point on it, the dons are as sick as muck with me.
at as muck (adv.) under muck, n.1
[UK] Badminton Mag. 43 346/2: Carter argued and threatened, but the German was immovable. ‘All right, you square-headed son of a sausage eater!.
at sausage-eater (n.) under sausage, n.
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