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Between The Devlin and the Deep Blue Seas choose

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[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 62: ‘It finished up an all-in with the bouncers’.
at all-in, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 49: [A]ll that was missing was the arse-about salute.
at arse about face under arse, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 165: It was the dog’s turn to get on the feedbag, which it did.
at put on the feed bag (v.) under feed bag, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 54: ‘All the sheilas have been giving you the arse lately. The word’s finally got out that you’re a dud bash’.
at bash, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 139: ‘[Y]ou are developing quite a noticeable bay window’.
at bay window, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 56: ‘[I]f ever you want a night off or need a hand, give us a yell.’ ‘Righto, mate. As a bean’.
at as a bean (adv.) under bean, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 106: ‘I thought all bikies were dirty, rotten low cunts’.
at bikie, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 81: I might even have a hair of the dog back at that pub.
at hair of the dog (that bit one), n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 126: [L]ike most crime figures, [they] didn’t mind getting into a bit of heavy gambling to wash away a bit of black money.
at black, adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 44: ‘Jesus bloody Christ!’ exclaimed Les.
at bloody, adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 147: Just gave me the money — and Bob’s your uncle’.
at bob’s your uncle, phr.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 76: [I]f a booze bus [...] put a bag on him he’d probably blow the thing to the other side of the moon.
at booze bus (n.) under booze, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 82: [H]e was a bit boozy and light-headed.
at boozy, adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 10: You won it and you were Jack the lad [...] till you did it all back and the bundle went round again.
at bundle, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 121: ‘You’ve got a lot of cleaning up to do before you bundy on at the pickle factory’.
at bundy on, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 46: [S]he writhed in absolute, bunged-on joy.
at bung (it) on (v.) under bung, v.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 14: ‘You’ve certainly got some style, haven’t you? Even for a fuckin’ bush Queenslander’.
at bush, adj.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 126: ‘It’d be a good bust for them [i.e. the police], Mick. They’d love that, on the news and everything’.
at bust, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 76: Les suddenly found himself absolutely busting for a leak.
at busting, adj.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 9: ‘They’ll let the other mob carry the can for a while’.
at carry the can (for) (v.) under can, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 54: ‘Better than those cheesy old mutts you drag through the door’.
at cheesy, adj.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 45: If ever I find the cunts that did this, I know who else’ll be getting cleaned up.
at clean up, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 49: Les got stuck into the army of cockies, spraying, swatting and scooping them into the sink.
at cocky, n.5
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 16: ‘[O]ld crackers full of hookworm and various forms of STDs’.
at cracker, n.9
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 125: ‘It’s a recipe for crank’.
at crank, n.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 149: The dicey scam with the bikies had gone over.
at dicey, adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 27: Randwick Council must have known Blue Seas was a dog and decided it was the ideal place to put in a roundabout.
at dog, n.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 73: ‘You’re a doll, Les. Thanks’.
at doll, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 52: Why would a doll like you want to spend four years of your life in a dump like this?
at doll, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Between the Devlin 10: ‘[T]here’s just some cops out there too fuckin’ dumb to take a sling. The dopey pricks’.
at dopey, adj.2
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