1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 340: But Z was no standover merchant, nor was he particularly concerned with financial aggrandizement.at stand-over man, n.
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 325: Standing Over [...] is used to describe any individual or group bullying tactics, and includes such activities as extortion, the enforcement of will by one upon another, or simply aggressiveness in general.at stand over, v.
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 341: 1978 NEWBOLD:‘Well that's it’ remarked one of the pacifists, ‘We're going to prop’.at prop, v.1
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 341: [O]pinion was divided between a more militant faction who advocated a ‘prop’ and another group who wanted to ‘cop it sweet’ [...] Everyone knew that a prop would very likely end in a Riot Squad baton charge.at prop, n.4
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 336: That night, however [...] the tables were turned as the would-be underdog produced a ‘shiv’ from his sleeve and finished the fight with a few short thrust.at shiv, n.
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 326: The Real Staunchie always ‘sticks fat’, he never compromises his honour to the compulsions of formal authority.at stick fat (v.) under stick, v.
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 341: [A]n illegal tea-bomb short-circuited, fusing all the lights on the upper landing of A Block.at tea bomb (n.) under tea, n.
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 339: The Staunchie and the man with heart have their antitheses in the nomenclature of 188 the weak mug, the flea; the germ; the wonk; the thing; and numerous other expressly derogatory epithets.at thing, n.
1978 G. Newbold ‘Social Organization of Prisons’ in dissertation U. Auckland 339: The Staunchie and the man with heart have their antitheses in the nomenclature of the weak mug, the flea; the germ; the wonk; the thing; and numerous other expressly derogatory epithets .at weak mug (n.) under weak, adj.