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[UK] Annual Reg. Jan. 11/1: No, I would sooner die for it, I would swing for it first.
at I’ll swing (for)... under swing, v.
[UK] Annual Reg. 51/2: This dust, made from diseased rags, was so detested by the working people employed in the manufacture of the cloth, that they could find no more suitable name for it than Devil’s dust.
at devil’s dust, n.1
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