1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ Helsingør Station and Other Departures 169: Freddy himself, the true Scouse, drunk as a skunk and twice as sly.at drunk as (a)..., adj.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ Helsingør Station and Other Departures 202: But no Barnet skinheads were aboard, setting out for a night of wog-bashing aggro.at aggro, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 200: ‘Have a gander at this.’ ‘Arse over tea-kettle.’.at arse/ass over teakettle under arse, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 159: Sir Harry Secombe got up in a blue blazer stood before the Wells Choir and the ballsy guys in blue blazers sang lustily ‘The Fires of Love Die’.at ballsy (adj.) under balls, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 192: You had seen a pencilled invitation in the public toilet in Fortis Green, asking for beaver shots.at beaver shot (n.) under beaver, n.1
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 141: I’ll do that bleeder! So ’elp me.at bleeder, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 193: Aggressive Mohawks out for a night of booze-up and wog-bashing in dirty Leicester Square.at booze-up, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 141: ‘Bugger me ol’ boots,’ a desperate drinker said to no one in particular.at bugger me! (excl.) under bugger, v.1
1989 (con. 1930s) A. Higgins ‘Sodden Fields’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 49: My younger brother and I sucked bull’s-eyes.at bull’s eye, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 157: Shut your bleedin cake’ole.at cakehole (n.) under cake, n.1
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 200: A load of codswallop.at codswallop, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 203: The bloody lifts are all up the creek.at up the creek (without a paddle) under creek, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 149: Drop him the hundred, Beamish said, and see what he’ll say.at drop, v.2
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 160: ‘Would you chance another [drink]?’ ‘Would a duck swim?’.at can a duck swim? under duck, n.1
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 157: They fell off the wagon with a hell of a crash.at fall off the (water) wagon (v.) under fall, v.1
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 152: ‘How am I?’ he said. ‘Absolutely bloody well fed up to the back teeth.’.at fed up, adj.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 128: Jack [...] preferred to sit at the counter with his floozies around him.at floozy, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 138: For Moose the footer season opened with fractured ribs.at footer, n.2
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ Helsingør Station and Other Departures 167: I’d drink your piss! I’m mad for it!at mad for it, adj.
1989 A. Higgins ‘Sodden Fields’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 61: ‘Ah no,’ groaned Paddy, ‘fuck me, no.’.at fuck me!, excl.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ Helsingør Station and Other Departures 172: He had flown in Beaufighters at night during the London Blitz, and had been awarded a ‘gong’.at gong, n.3
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 151: Margaret was staring and silent, Betsy gushing.at gush, v.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 144: ’E’s ’aven it orff wiv ’er, see.at have it off, v.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 134: When not down in the dumps, you were frequently high as a kite.at high as a kite (adj.) under high, adj.1
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 1538: You drank till you were cleaned out, feeling ‘knackered’.at knackered, adj.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 127: The Couch and Hound [...] patronized by queers and queer-bashers.at queer-basher (n.) under queer, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 169: Freddy himself, the true Scouse, drunk as a skunk and twice as sly.at Scouse, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 138: I have the spondoolicks.at spondulics, n.
1989 A. Higgins ‘Sodden Fields’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 60: Puffing a thumping big King Edward corona.at thumping, adj.
1989 A. Higgins ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 193: Aggressive Mohawks out for a night of booze-up and wog-bashing in dirty Leicester Square.at wog-bashing (n.) under wog, n.1