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• what the deuce or devil...? What...? —  [Emph.] what the dickens...? What...? [Emph.] …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• absolutely —  Emph. expression of agreement …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• and no mistake! —  Emph. addition to sentence …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• as ever is —  Emph. addition to statement …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• begin to, not to —  Emph. negative.    ♣ His statement doesn t begin to answer the question. He has not answered the question at all …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• billy-(h)o, like —  Emph. addition to sentence.    ♣ Rain like billy o. Rain very heavily …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• blasted —  Emph. adj. expressing disapproval, annoyance. Evasion of bloody …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• blazes, the (blue) —  Emph. addition to what? who? how?    ♣ What the blazes are you doing? …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• blue-arsed fly, like a* —   Emph. addition to several verbs expressing movement (e.g. run around) to suggest agitation …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• devil of a ..., a —  Emph. addition to sentence.    ♣ They were making a devil of a noise. They were being extremely noisy …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• Dutchman, I'm a —  Emph. expression of disbelief used with sentences beginning If. . .  ♠ If that s art, I m a Dutchman. That is not art. dying duck in a thunderstorm, like a Looking absurdly forlorn or bedraggled …   A concise dictionary of English slang