Appeals list

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ash v. trans. (flick ash from (a cigarette)):

pre-1939 evidence

astringe v. intr. (bind, constrict):

post-18th.-century evidence

astrophysically:

pre-1968 evidence

asynchronously:

pre-1968 evidence

attack is the best form of defence :

pre-1930 evidence

be there for:

pre 1988 evidence

editrix:

pre-1914 evidence

history (in phr."the rest is history"):

pre-1976 evidence

history (as in "you're history"):

pre-1983 evidence

mood (be/get in a mood with someone, etc.):

any evidence

movie mogul:

pre-1973 evidence

na-na-na/nyah-nyah (etc.) (derisive taunt):

any evidence (esp. Brit.)

nerve storm n. (nervous frenzy):

pre-1876 evidence

no-man's-land (dangerous, hostile place):

pre-1972 evidence

non-homosexual n./a.:

pre-1961 evidence

nummy a. (US, = yummy; delicious):

pre-1989 evidence

nummies n. pl. (US, = 'goodies'):

pre-1989 evidence

off-switch:

pre-1897 evidence

op. cit. (in an English text):

pre-1883 evidence

orphan (fig. of thing):

interdate 1697-1936

Ortonesque:

pre-1978 evidence

Panglossianism:

pre-1975 evidence

reality check:

pre-1973 evidence

recreational a. (of drug use):

pre-1972 evidence

scotch marmalade:

any evidence

sorted! int.:

any evidence

space n. (= personal space):

pre-1981

thing (in phr. to do the (lunch, work, etc.) thing):

pre-1989 evidence

toast (finished, 'done for' as in "you're toast"):

pre-1987 evidence

Wellington (in names of dishes, esp. Beef Wellington):

pre 1965 evidence