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[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest (1997) 131: I don’t give a tinker’s curse about the bishop [...] There is nothing you or the bishop can do to me.
at not care a tinker’s (curse), v.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 78: I got eight pairs altogether on appro.
at on appro (adv.) under appro, n.1
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 35: ‘Kiss me arse,’ she said and no more.
at kiss my arse!, excl.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 63: If I hear as much as another word out of you or the bloody bishop I’ll blow the hell out of here to England.
at blow out, v.4
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 5: ‘Oh Lord Jaysus,’ she said. ‘That’s the size of an orange. ’Tis as big as an elephant’s conundrum.’.
at conundrum, n.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 46: ‘Get out of here you tramp,’ she screamed at him, ‘and stop showing off your dirty oul’ drumstick while you’re urinating.’.
at drumstick, n.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 24: Martin, my ole buddy, pour me a shot of the goddam dynamite. The dynamite was his undoing.
at dynamite, n.2
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 49: He has been dining out since, no doubt with those eejits of women in the upper crust here.
at eejit, n.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 63: ‘If you so much as mention her name again,’ he threatened, ‘I’ll guzzle you.’.
at guzzle, v.2
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 29: ‘Joe,’ I said, ‘don’t come the heavy with me. You are the man responsible for Bridget Day’s misfortune.’.
at come the heavy (v.) under heavy, n.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 34: The housekeeper had a notorious tooth for the hot stuff [...] As close as he watched it the whiskey began to disappear.
at hot stuff, n.1
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 62: ‘You can tell the bishop from me,’ he shouted, ‘that if he don’t mind his own business I might jack the whole thing up.’.
at jack up, v.1
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 47: There he was with one hand resting on the wall in front of him and the other holding his lightning rod. I did not wait to see whether he was piddling or showing off.
at lightning rod (n.) under lightning, n.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 7: He administered a half-hearted slap to the girl’s bare buttocks – I recall what he said: ‘Get moving or get mounted, your posterior has me intoxicated’.
at mount, v.1
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 60: Speak to him or I will. Have it out to the end with him and no pussy-footing.
at pussyfoot, v.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 32: You shouldn’t tell those ducks shag off. Never use rotten language in front of ducks. Just say cush, cush and they’ll shag off themselves.
at shag!, excl.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 22: I stayed in the rode in the cold for a hole hour and he roaring come in you effin skiv for the rich.
at skivvy, n.2
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 62: If the bishop don’t like the way I come and go that’s tough cheese on the bishop.
at tough cheese (adj.) under tough, adj.
[Ire] J.B. Keane Letters of Irish Parish Priest 54: I don’t mind a person having a drink and a bit of a sing-song but this whacks all.
at whack, v.1
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