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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... mouth run something past someone shoot the breeze have a silver tongue on
your soapbox call a spade a spade so to speak speak in tongues spit it out pick
up stompies in words of one syllable talk the hind leg off a donkey talk nineteen
to ...
'You shouldn't pick up stompies. You might burn your fingers,' I snap. 'Benoît tell
you his wife called?' D'Nice says, slyly. So much for discretion. 'Great news, hey?'
'Unbelievable,' I say. The heart attack has moved up to its proper place, like a ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
... on a full (oran empty) stomach having (or without having) eaten beforehand. a
strong stomach an ability to see or do unpleasant things without feeling sick or
squeamish. stompie pick up stompies break into a conversation of which stomach
.
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Annual conference; report of proceedings
Many people could not afford to buy cigarettes and were obliged to pick up “
stompies “-— and even those were not as long as they used to be. The Tobacco
Corporation was overstocked with tobacco leaves but the existing tax was
prohibitive.
Trade Union Council of South Africa, 1958
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Report of Proceedings [of The] Annual Conference
Many people could not afford to buy cigarettes and were obliged to pick up "
stompies " — and even those were not as long as they used to be. The Tobacco
Corporation was overstocked with tobacco leaves but the existing tax was
prohibitive.
Trade Union Council of South Africa, 1960
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Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics: Sca-Spe
Hyperbole is also frequently evident in such words or phrases, many of which act
as idiomatic expressions, not analyzable into component parts (e.g., drop Garth
from the team = vomit; pick up stompies = butt into a conversation). Another ...
E. K. Brown, Anne Anderson, 2006
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A Dictionary of South African English on historical principles
A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles provides a unique historical record of the development of English in a multilingual and multicultural society.
Penny Silva, Rhodes University. Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996
