Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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1977		A. Bleasdale Who’s Been Sleeping in my Bed 50: ’Ey, hang about [...] Where y’takin’ me?
1989		(con. 1950s–60s) in G. Tremlett Little Legs 97: I’ll sort this punk out [...] Hang about.
1997		P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 203: Hang about. It was all a fluke.
2001		K. Waterhouse Soho 200: In that case he’s double barred. No, hang about – it’s Jamesy, isn’t?