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Two Dianas in Somaliland choose

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[UK] A. Herbert Two Dianas in Somaliland 95: They are frightful ‘buck-sticks,’ but I never saw any cowardice to disprove their boasting stories.
at buck-stick (n.) under buck, v.3
[UK] A. Herbert Two Dianas in Somaliland 93: We had started to march [...] as we had news of splendid ‘khubbah,’ some miles off.
at khubber, n.
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