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[UK] H. Williams Speakers (1966) 171: .
at Noah’s (ark), n.1
[UK] H. Williams Speakers (1966) 171: A Noah’s Ark, that’s a nuisance in the crowd . . . Noah’s Ark, Hude Park, it goes on from there, to rhyme, until you get to heckler.
at Noah’s (ark), n.1
[UK] H. Williams Speakers (1966) 171: And the edge, do you know what that is? That’s the crowd.
at edge, n.1
[UK] H. Williams Speakers (1966) 171: Parney? Did you know that word? that’s what the speakers say when it’s raining. They say it’s coming down to parney.
at parney, n.
[UK] H. Williams Speakers (1966) 171: When you say I’m going to scarper the edge, that means that you’re getting rid of the crowd.
at scarper, v.
[UK] H. Williams Speakers 43: I’m the king of the lachikoes, the king of the gypsies.
at latchico, n.
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