what price (the) —? phr.
what do you think of (something/someone) now?
Punch 26 Nov. 252: ‘Jim,’ sez he, ‘wot price your jabber?’. | ||
Coburg Leader (Vic.) 24 Aug. 1/4: What price the little boot-shop in Union-street. | ||
Sporting Times 11 Feb. 1/1: We hear a good deal about nails in the Government coffin. What price about income tacks? | ||
Moods of Ginger Mick 259: Wot price ole Ginger Mick? ’E’s done a break – / Gone to the flamin’ war to stoush the foe. | ‘The Call of Stoush’ in||
Ulysses 428: Say! What price the sergeantmajor? | ||
Human Side of Crook and Convict Life 154: Look behind that wall [...] You’re treading on him. What price leather? | ||
We Were the Rats 85: ‘Christ, Mick,’ said Eddie to me at a concert. ‘What price that little blonde sheila?’. | ||
(con. 1944) Rats in New Guinea 91: What price the Emperor now, sport? | ||
Corner (1998) 71: What price glory, save for another caper for another ten dollars and another trip back to the corner. |