unearths some literary gems.
From The Cotwold Conundrums, by Douglas G. Browne:
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[Whenever he visited,] he was... assured that Mr. Mallabar or Mr. Some-one-else would be informed instantly of his arrival.
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"[a person] with a what-you-may-call-it complex"
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"He was like them Greek oracles, as I say--always talking through his hat!"
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"Two Mr. Thews is a social complication!"
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[A miniature bonanza here: whatchamacallized mixed metaphors, wrapped in a rhetorical question!]
"If I can't mix what-you-may-call-'ems at my age, who can?"
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"Talks big and wide about... how he's in touch with Lord This and Sir Somebody That!"
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Bonus character name: Sir Stamford Element
