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Knocknagow 70: I wouldn’t give a pin for them little ‘Lalla Rookhs’ that’s goin’ now.at not care a pin, v.
Knocknagow 70: I wouldn’t give a pin for them little ‘Lalla Rookhs’ that’s goin’ now. Knocknagow 40: The doctor had lighted upon a page where sundry sums were entered, which he himself had received in the shape of half notes and post-office orders.at half a note, n.
Knocknagow 12: Blur-an-agers, have sinse, sir – have sinse.at tare an’ ages!, excl.
Knocknagow 308: Blur-an’-ouns, Poll, tell me where he is an’ let me go.at tare an’ ouns!, excl.
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137: ‘Blood-an-ounkers, Mat,’ he exclaimed.at blood and ’ounds!, excl.
Knocknagow 94: Bob never writes letters; and perhaps, as he would say himself, that saves his bacon.at save someone’s bacon (v.) under bacon, n.1
Knocknagow 153: Bad cess to me, but there’s somethin’ comin’ over me.at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
Knocknagow 194: Tis all hours, an’ I’m in for gettin’ Ballyhooly from the misthress.at ballyhooly, n.
Knocknagow 576: Maurice Kearney’s voice was heard shouting to his workman in his old style; which so delighted Barney that he [...] made up his mind to earn a ‘ballyragging’ as soon as possible for himself.at ballyrag, v.
Knocknagow 272: ‘Well, that bangs Banagher,’ exclaimed Billy Heffernan, rising to his feet, and rubbing his eyes.at beat Bannagher (v.) under Bannagher, n.
Knocknagow 16: Be gob, Mr. Willie, I’ll – I’ll show you a thrish’s nist! [Ibid.] 93: An’ begor, there was no fear at all of the fortune they wor givin’ her.at begorra!, excl.
Knocknagow 256: Be japers, he’s afther killin’ a soger!at bejabers!, excl.
Knocknagow 326: Gir-r-r-r-r out, you bla’guard!at blackguard, n.
Knocknagow 570: ‘Blast your eyes,’ Darby whispered into his master’s ear.at blast someone’s eyes! (excl.) under blast, v.1
Knocknagow 99: Why the blazes didn’t he fire?at how the blazes! (excl.) under blazes, n.
Knocknagow 187: He has cured me of a severe fit of the blues.at blues, n.1
Knocknagow 352: That particular piece of finery which [...] seemed to have excited Peg Brady’s indignation when ‘indeed she see her goin’’ to Ned Brophy’s wedding, and which Peg designated her ‘boy-o’.at boyo, n.
Knocknagow 328: They call him ‘Brummagem,’ because he was born in Birmingham, in England.at Brummagem, n.
Knocknagow 155: He took off his hat and swung it downwards to shake off the wet with which the fur – for it was a beaver or ‘Caroline’ – was dabbled.at caroline, n.
Knocknagow 181: ‘A wet day in the country is an awful bore,’ said the doctor, who was just thinking of how certain chums of his in Dublin would spend the day.at chum, n.
Knocknagow 94: ‘The heaviest cloutin’ match’ – to use his own phrase – he ever had, was with young Allcock for refusing to marry his sister.at clout, v.1
Knocknagow 219: ’Tis to the old cock I was talking. How goes it my old Trojan?at cock, n.3
Knocknagow 543: An’ begob he put Mat to the pin uv his collar the same day.at put to the pin of one’s collar (v.) under collar, n.
Knocknagow 451: ‘The general opinion was that she was “a nice crack” – whatever that means’. ‘A “crack” is a person who dresses too stylishly. But Bessy’s taste is so exquisite, it is impossible to find fault with her in that respect.’.at crack, n.1
Knocknagow 501: Bad luck to his impudence, the beggar! the crawler, as Phil Lahy called him.at crawler, n.
Knocknagow 311: ‘Be cripes!’ Barney mentally ejaculated.at cripes!, excl.
Knocknagow 504: Some children have what they call a ‘cobby’ under the hedge at the road-side.at cubby, n.
Knocknagow 514: ‘You look dreadfully cut up,’ said Father Carroll, as he looked into Arthur O’Connor’s pallid face.at cut up, adj.1
Knocknagow 138: Some people do be very cute.at cute, adj.
Knocknagow 140: An’ a d---d hard job I’ll have uv id, for I must have ’em like a new pin.at damned, adv.
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