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May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:34: Then we went up to the pub and stayed there until midnight, getting blind drunk and singing and dancing and mucking about in general.at muck about, v.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:34: Then we went up to the pub and stayed there until midnight, getting blind drunk and singing and dancing and mucking about in general. May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4:62: She found the day very dull. If she had been able, I think she would have enjoyed most a dance or some other binge with boy friends.at binge, n.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4.46: Knock at door – surprise visit – my cousin with 5 fellow-students... pretty hefty and all came in 2-seater car with dicky... ‘Just thought they would blow in.’.at blow in, v.2
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4:14: We couldn’t quite hear the words of the ceremony and some of the phrases sounded like ‘Gawd blimey’ and ‘swelp me bob’. We all joined in mock interpretations and there was much laughter.at s’elp me bob!, excl.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys II:63: I asked the bobby: ‘How long has this bye-law been in force?’ B: ‘About’ – deliberately swinging forward on his toes and back on his heels – ‘two years.’.at bobby, n.1
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:58: He remarked that of course there would always be a few ‘of that sort’ but that they had more or less weeded them out and that now there wasn’t ‘one bolshie’ amongst them.at bolshie, n.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys II:63: B: ‘If the management will allow it, I shall not stop you.’ L: ‘Oh, bugger the management.’.at bugger, v.1
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 2:96: Piccadilly. Crowd dense in many parts. ‘Can’t get out of ’ere.’ ‘You will.’ ‘Someone’s conked out.’.at conk (out), v.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4:46: Knock at door – surprise visit – my cousin with 5 fellow-students... pretty hefty and all came in 2-seater car with dicky.at dicky, n.3
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4:75: And now the Coronation is driving London dotty.at dotty, adj.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:6: The barmaid called N. ‘duck’. He raised his eyebrows.at duck, n.1
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 2:99: Look at the old girl, she looks as if she’s got toothache.at old gal, n.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4:14: We couldn’t quite hear the words of the ceremony and some of the phrases sounded like ‘Gawd blimey’ and ‘swelp me bob’.at gorblimey!, excl.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 2:103: A soldier, drunk, of a Scottish regiment, is serenading a policeman, to the amusement of the crowd. A woman: ‘Jock, you go off, you’ll be getting into trouble.’.at Jock, n.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:83: ‘Biggest blaze I’ve seen’ (it certainly is a monster blaze).at monster, adj.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 2:96: Here’s to the good old beer, mop it down.at mop down (v.) under mop, v.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:8: A rather drunk young man [...] asked ‘Is this the official whatnot?’.at what-not, n.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 2:98: The lavatory-man was complaining some woman had sat on the basin and it had given way. ‘She must have shit herself, but it’ll cost me a fiver.’.at shit oneself, v.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4:64: Another man standing at bar by himself [...] friends come in and greet him; one says: ‘Tcht Hello Lily’ in a pansy, nancy-boy way referring to a lily of the valley button-hole he has.at pansy, adj.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:15: ‘Will you cook my bacon with yours pop?’ Father: ‘D’you want your eggs poached or fried?’.at pop, n.3
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:8: A very swell car rolled up containing 4 people.at roll up, v.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 1:123: ‘Don’t you drink beer?’ asked Henry, who was swinging his can of tea round. The boy giggled and said: ‘Nee-ow.’ ‘Your father’ll see your lot off for you,’ said Henry.at see off (v.) under see, v.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 4:87: Sod the Pope and everything – if there’s one thing that maddens me it’s electric fuses.at sod, v.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:64: So we crossed the road, as we went I heard the tall man shout: ‘You wasn’t there, that’s why you don’t raise your hat you son of a bitch.’.at sonofabitch, n.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 3:8: A very swell car rolled up containing 4 people.at swell, adj.
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys 2:93: One young man to another: ‘It’s Coronation, so we’ve got to celebrate it, so whoopee,’ and crowned his syllogism by transferring his pork pie to his friend’s head.at whoopee!, excl.
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