Eliott Ness, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Eliott Ness n.

[rhy. sl. = ‘a mess’; ult. US ‘untouchable’ prohibition agent Elliott Ness (1903-57)]

(Aus.) problems, trouble.

2000

R.G. Barrett Leaving Bondi (2013) [ebook] ‘Some blokes I thought might be able to help me with all that Elliott I’m in back home’.