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[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 105: ‘You look all wrung out, son. You get some?’.
at wrung out (like a dishcloth), adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 25: Alpha Mike Foxtrot. Adios, motherfuckers.
at a.m.f., phr.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 87: Cassidy’s Commodore [...] speared into the small carpark and slammed on the anchors.
at anchor, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 46: ‘Makin an arse of myself. Dispute with a dickhead [...] decided to settle it with me shotgun’.
at arse, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 101: Webb ashed inrto the wind.
at ash, v.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 39: His cheap-ass watch, a fake Rolex.
at -ass, sfx
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 10: [F]resh dishes wouldn’t be ready for the dinner service unless they both hauled ass.
at haul ass, v.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 54: [C]hrome rings and four headlights, bonnet and boot standard paint-out and a bigarsed rear window.
at big-ass, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 69: His father had worked as a speed cook back in the day.
at back in the day(s) under back, adv.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 191: ‘He’s a CIB bagman’.
at bagman, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 56: Brown took out a roll of crisp Benjamins.
at Ben Franklin, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 197: Gooch was a bent copper.
at bent, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 161: ‘Possible bikie gang-war erupts in Bayswater’.
at bikie, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 93: ‘And now you’re here, same dicks been dipped in black ink, puttin AIDS in our women’.
at black ink (n.) under black, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 22: Tremain was being robbed blind.
at rob blind (v.) under blind, adv.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 164: ‘Only reason you’re still alive is because you got some worth to those boneheads’.
at bonehead, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 95: He wasn’t looking forward to hearing about how much booty Lenny and Marcus had hit.
at booty, n.2
[Aus] (con. 1989) D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 199: Webb was waiting for Swann [...] talking into his brick, glancing at his watch.
at brick, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 136: He bridged up ok, when threatened.
at bridge up (v.) under bridge, v.3
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 26: ‘Got the brig ready?’ ‘I’m afraid so. I had some repeat offenders clean it yesterday’.
at brig, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 151: ‘Lone white woman going up against what you call a big black buck?’.
at buck, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 163: ‘Have you checked your place over lately?’ Webb meant bugs.
at bug, n.4
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 153: [B]urning a drug dealer or ripping a fellow thief – just another transaction, just business.
at burn, v.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 56: Cashed up and partied out.
at cashed up, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 29: ‘Every cathouse in every port, you’ll find sliced pockets in the mattresses’.
at cat-house, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 101: [T]he convoy of unmarked Fords and Commodores, cherry lights flashing without sirens.
at cherry, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 161: [T]he dark street, lit only by the strobing of the cherry tops.
at cherry-top (n.) under cherry, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 82: They [i.e. Aus. girls] so desperate for some chocolate candy bar.
at chocolate candy bar (n.) under chocolate, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 102: His civvy job as a diesel mechanic.
at civvie, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson Shore Leave 40: [H]e’d changed into his civvies of polo shirt, khaki Dickies trousers and Converse high-tops.
at civvies, n.
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