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[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 240: ‘I put hammer in your arm, take away your pain’.
at hammer and tack, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 217: ‘[M]y boys are good at going the bash, but they lack … finesse’.
at go the bash (v.) under bash, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 99: She kept the bins fixed upon the men, hoping to read a snatch of phrase.
at bins, n.2
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 109: [H]e’d raised suspicions with his willingness to bludge drinks off Laver.
at bludge, v.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 106: [D]ressed in chinos and polo shirt, a pink jumper wrapped around his neck, boaters on his feet.
at boaters, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 106: Laver continued playing the country gent, or the boatie wanker, Lee couldn’t tell which.
at boatie, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 27: He worked fast and clean [...] to thin the bog without drawing it from the divots and scratches.
at bog, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 9: [N]either could they stack the door with bouncers – it’d come across as weak.
at bouncer, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 216: ‘I’ve got an address for you. The bozo who robbed my safe’.
at bozo, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 51: The main question that bugged Lee wasn’t [...] likely to be in the file anyway.
at bug, v.2
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 215: ‘If there’s another photograph, another burg needed, call me’.
at burg, n.2
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 198: ‘I’m bushed. Let’s order takeaway’.
at bushed, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 92: [C]learing his nostrils with the bushman’s blow on the limestone.
at bushman’s blow (n.) under bushman’s..., n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 102: [H]is camo jacket with anarchist symbols.
at camo, adj.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 234: Lee was a bit player in the Enright case [...] yet there he was carrying the can, with no obvious way of clearing his name.
at carry the can (for) (v.) under can, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 146: The engine was already tuned and the custom carbie and extractors [...] meant that it was ready for the road.
at carb, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 106: [of lager] Lee [...] whispered [...] ‘Cat’s piss,’ just loud enough for the bartender to hear.
at cat’s piss (n.) under cat, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 271: ‘The dead guy was an old cellie, he knew the risks’.
at cellie, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 215: ‘I’m checking out’.
at check out, v.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 202: Moreland laughed. ‘Glad I put down my tea already. What you say is a crack-up’.
at crack-up, n.2
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 258: ‘Jeepers creepers and howdy doodie old chap by golly what a swell hole’.
at jeepers creepers!, excl.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 257: ‘You ever want to join a crew, we could put you to work’.
at crew, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 258: ‘[G]ee whiz and Jiminy Crickets, what a terrific shot, eh?’.
at jiminy cricket!, excl.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 138: [T]he old system where copper, crim, prostitute, drug dealer [...] were all part of the same black economy.
at crim, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 258: ‘Jeepers creepers and howdy doodie old chap by golly what a swell hole’.
at howdy do, phr.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 243: ‘[I]f I can’t touch him, I have to do you. As a message’.
at do, v.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 273: ‘Commander Corbett ate his gun last night’.
at eat one’s gun (v.) under eat, v.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 122: ‘If you’re sure that you didn’t leave anything in Drew’s place that might finger you, we’re golden’.
at finger, v.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 172: [W]atching the car burn while waiting for the fireys and the police to arrive.
at firey, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson I Am Already Dead 231: ‘[T]here’s some kind of fix in’.
at fix, n.2
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