1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 229: If she were only that I should feel safe as houses.at ...houses under safe as..., adj.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 142: You’ve saved your bacon.at save one’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 210: But you may bet your bottom dollar that if there’s any boodle in the flat it’s in this room.at bet one’s bottom dollar (v.) under bet, v.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 199: This old sinner Corbucci turns out to have been no end of a boss in the Camorra – says so himself.at boss, n.2
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 272: Feel equal to a cigarette? It will buck you up, Bunny.at buck up, v.2
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 164: Where the devil are you driving us?at where the devil...?, phr.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 211: I certainly shan’t leave you [...] to be knocked into the middle of next week by a better man than yourself.at knock into the middle of next week (v.) under knock into, v.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 157: Our medico had married the week before, nor was any fellow-practitioner taking his work.at medico, n.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 155: Because you never could act for nuts!at for nuts (adv.) under nuts, n.1
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 198: He meant catching me before he’d done, and scoring off me in exactly the same way that I scored off him, only going one better of course.at score off someone (v.) under score, v.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 205: An upstairs door found screwed up [...] thief gone and jewels with him.at screwed up (adj.) under screwed, adj.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 155: Only remember, Bunny, it’s my turn next to pay the shot.at pay one’s shot (v.) under shot, n.1
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 151: And I who had bolted my skilly at Wormwood scrubs.at skilly, n.1
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 205: And what’s more, I’m very much mistaken if I haven’t spotted the right sportsman.at sportsman, n.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 234: ‘Now you’re talking!’ I cried, recovering my spirits.at now you’re talking under talk, v.
1901 E.W. Hornung Black Mask (1992) 257: It has taken me all these years to find my tipple, Bunny.at tipple, n.