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The Nine Lives of Bill Nelson choose

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[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 31: I say a guy’ll die as he was born—on his Derby-and-Joan.
at darby and joan, adj.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 36: I says to Nelson: ‘Keep your nose out o’ my squad [...] Arscrawl [sic] around your own dirty little squad.’.
at arse crawl (v.) under arse, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 33: He knew Bearsbreath and Bearsbreath’s fighting whisper.
at bear’s breath (n.) under bear, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 43: Come and get a wash, you Burke.
at berk, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 10: Two people, both cheesed off, are better than one.
at cheesed (off), adj.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 43: You can be as tough as God Almighty, but you won’t chuck a scare into me.
at chuck, v.2
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 10: You want someone to be jarred off with . . . you grouse it out of your system.
at jarred, adj.2
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 4: This old geezer’s leading orf about ’er Georgie this, and ’er Georgie that.
at lead off, v.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 36: This lousebag Rivers gets through his foot drill.
at louse bag (n.) under louse, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 41: Do you think, you lousebound twit, that you’re getting the better of a man if you put that man down for a second!
at lousebound (adj.) under louse, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 111: A little baby’s po [...] with a picture of Mickey Mouse on it.
at po, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 63: You get away with S.F.A. [...] So mind your eye.
at s.f.a., n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives of Bill Nelson 13: I’ve seen him with some of the lousiest showers of rooks you ever saw in your life.
at shower of shit (n.) under shower, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 73: He invents new names to call people. ‘Twillip!’ he says. ‘Snurge! Twitterbug! Bugscratcher!’.
at snurge, n.
[UK] G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 35: Address me as Corporal, you yellow-bellied son of a fat-faced dog!
at sonofabitch, n.
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