1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 179: I thought they might have signalled a passing prowl car.at prowl car, n.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 161: The big Chev floated over the bitumen, in and out of the traffic.at Chevvy, n.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 114: You’ve got to watch the citizens. They’ll call copper if you look sideways at them.at call copper (v.) under copper, n.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 29: They’d bottle you for two bob if they thought you were half shot.at half-shot, adj.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 178: A kid on a bike, lairising, leaned right over in front of me.at lairize, v.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 59: She only took half an hour over that bath, with me up there perving like mad.at perv, v.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 29: They’d bottle you for two bob if they thought you were half shot.at half shot (adj.) under shot, adj.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 27: Whenever I needed a few hours of good slogging I’d take a spade [...] and raise a sweat pushing dirt back in holes.at slogging, n.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 155: If there’s one thing that gives me the tom-tits it’s people talking to you.at give someone the tom-tits (v.) under tom-tits, n.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 155: She was edging me to the door. ‘You’re trying to unload me,’ I said.at unload, v.
1968 D. Ireland Chantic Bird 59: She made noises and tears appeared right away. ‘Don’t get upcited, Chris.’.at upcited, adj.