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[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 132: Although slow, they were mentally ‘all there’.
at all there, adj.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 59: His father went away for his second term of imprisonment for drug-dealing and grievous bodily harm.
at go away (v.) under away, adj.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 34: Screws [...] hate ‘bacons’ as much as us.
at bacon-bonce, n.2
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 8: After ‘bang up’ (an apt expression after hearing the door slam), we had ten minutes before ‘lights out’.
at bang-up, n.2
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 17: Banged up twenty-three hours a day.
at banged up, adj.2
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 142: ‘Don’t let me ever catch you smiling at a screw again,’ said one of the drug baron’s henchmen.
at baron, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 36: Every officer in the place threw themselves into the mêlée, screaming Behind your doors!
at behind one’s door under behind, prep.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 146: At my golf club I could tell a friend to belt up if he started to drone on.
at belt up (v.) under belt, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 36: You gotta move quicker than that [...] You’ll get bent up if you don’t.
at bend up (v.) under bend, v.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 37: Probably get more painful, too, when they get him on the block.
at block, n.4
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 138: Jesus, have you seen the bogs?
at bog, n.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 60: They think they can stop us ‘booting up’ by banning Kit Kats (because of the foil) and lighters (hence the taper).
at boot up, v.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 32: ’Ad a boot yesterday mornin’ and I’m starting to feel desperate.
at boot, n.4
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 24: You grab the stuff, dive out and bosh, you’re off.
at bosh!, excl.2
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 134: Back in the realm of peeer pressure, ‘whitey’ was unable to mix with the brothers.
at brother, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 74: There was a general bundle. Had part of his ear bit off.
at bundle, n.2
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 23: I’ve had bundles out of there, mate, bundles.
at bundle, n.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 14: ‘What’s burn?’ ‘Burn — tobacco.’.
at burn, n.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 105: There are no officers in the workshops — just ‘civvies’ overseeing the operation.
at civvie, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 14: Jesus Christ — fuckin’ ‘civvies’, ain’t you got no burn?
at civvie, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 18: Bastard cossers set me up though.
at cozzer, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 45: Scares the living daylights out of me.
at frighten the (living) daylights out of (v.) under daylights, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 25: I know people who do five grand a week on ‘crack’.
at do, v.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 73: Tommo’s been done.
at done, adj.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 40: The ‘dungeon’ was the dumping ground for lousy lunches and the occasional ‘shit parcel’.
at dungeon, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 22: It was a right touch, thought I was looking at a five.
at five, n.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 39: Manolitto must have hoped that [...] I would take some of the flack.
at flak, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 109: In the old days we’d have just thrown them off the fuckin’ landings, but now they run the gaffs.
at gaff, n.1
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 197: I was on course for a bout of ‘gate fever’, an unfortunate ailment that causes time to stand still.
at gate fever (n.) under gate, n.
[UK] J. Hoskison Inside 15: One day you’re really gonna get it, Mano.
at get it, v.
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