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[UK] J. Orton Erpingham Camp in Crimes of Passion (1967) 80: Knees-up, Knees-up, Don’t get the breeze-up. Knees-up, Mother Brown-O!
at get the breeze up (v.) under breeze, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Erpingham Camp (1967) Scene viii: Apologise, you cowson!
at cowson, n.
[UK] J. Orton Erpingham Camp (1967) Scene vii: A grown woman came up and spat in my face [...] Gob all over my carnation. Disgusting.
at gob, n.2
[UK] J. Orton Erpingham Camp (1967) Scene xi: I’m going to give you a good hiding, Erpingham. I’m going to smash your face in.
at hiding, n.
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