Phrases from British novels, between the wars

An open list of 73 words by BrainyBabe.

• lust legs and lipstick 572883 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• lawner 572884 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• clettering 572885 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• cletter 572886 4 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 3 other lists
• big business 572887 5 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 4 other lists
• pointless 572888 11 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 10 other lists
• feckless 572889 192 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 191 other lists
• aimless 572890 8 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 7 other lists
• graceless 572891 6 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 5 other lists
• something nasty in the woodshed 572892 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• cold comfort 572893 5 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 4 other lists
• mollock 572894 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• sukebind 572895 6 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 5 other lists
• brigandage 572896 2 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 1 other list
• dernier cri 572897 15 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 14 other lists
• scrumptious 572898 66 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 65 other lists
• fee 572899 18 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 17 other lists
• business card 572900 7 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 6 other lists
• barbarism 572901 9 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 8 other lists
• weekend 572902 9 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 8 other lists
• exemplary 572903 32 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 31 other lists
• city gentleman 572904 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• simple tastes 572905 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• absent-mindedly 572906 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• debenture scrip 572907 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• inadvertence 572908 4 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 3 other lists
• night and day 572909 4 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 3 other lists
• the sheer hate of the thing 572910 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• a penny piece 572911 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• drawing-room 572912 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• discomposed 572913 6 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 5 other lists
• drawing-room 572914 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• paradoxical 572915 42 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 41 other lists
• to offer a lift 572916 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• undesirable characters 572917 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• recklessly 572918 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• patent process 572919 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• rough diamond 572920 2 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 1 other list
• pedigree 572921 26 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 25 other lists
• nanny 572922 6 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 5 other lists
• seemliness 572923 2 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 1 other list
• red-letter day 572924 4 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 3 other lists
• jointly 572925 4 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 3 other lists
• self-made 572926 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• dinner 572927 17 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 16 other lists
• peruse 572928 89 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 88 other lists
• haddock 572929 19 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 18 other lists
• independent thought 572930 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• char 572931 21 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 20 other lists
• dissipation 572932 16 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 15 other lists
• vulgar curiosity 572933 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• actuated 572934 4 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 3 other lists
• golf 572935 27 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 26 other lists
• connubial 572936 46 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 45 other lists
• double whiskies 572937 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• excuse 572938 8 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 7 other lists
• charwoman 572939 11 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 10 other lists
• inevitable 572940 83 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 82 other lists
• past mistress 572941 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• hyperbole 572942 167 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 166 other lists
• conventionalized 572943 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• convention 572944 39 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 38 other lists
• second thoughts 572945 3 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 2 other lists
• dilettante 572946 164 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 163 other lists
• exigencies 572947 12 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 11 other lists
• smitten 572948 82 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 81 other lists
• building society 572949 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• well off 572950 1 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on just this list
• obliging 572951 11 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 10 other lists
• impecunious 572952 127 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 126 other lists
• public opinion 572953 7 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 6 other lists
• provincial 572954 52 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 51 other lists
• johnnie 572955 2 was added by BrainyBabe and appears on 1 other list