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The Long White Night choose

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[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 80: I gave him fifteen ackers.
at acker, n.1
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 134: ‘Being a big-hearted sort of a bastard—’ ‘What sort of a bastard?’ ‘You ’eard, sport, Big-heart, that’s me.’ ‘Big dick.’ ‘Keep sex out of this,’ Bocker told him.
at big dick (n.) under big, adj.
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 87: So your old man got a bit on the side in the first war, and you’re the result.
at bit on the side (n.) under bit, n.1
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 139: Someone’s playing funny buggers out front.
at play silly buggers (v.) under bugger, n.1
[Aus] E. Lambert Long White Night 80: ‘Where do yer think? Get a bit of twot.’ ‘That big cafe down on the waterfront. The Universal. The crows hang round there in droves.’.
at crow, n.5
[Aus] E. Lambert Long White Night 95: Shut your dirty trap!
at dirty, adj.
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 16: Well, I’ll be effed!
at eff, v.
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 151: The fleshpots. Bints, beer, sleep.
at fleshpot (n.) under flesh, n.
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 81: ‘You’ve got more arse than Jessie,’ I told him.
at more hide than Jessie (the elephant) under hide, n.
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 65: Maybe you’ll be on the nest with his missus.
at on the nest under nest, n.
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 65: ‘I think I’ll prop here,’ mused Clancy.
at prop, v.1
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 81: Rosa? She’s a trump!
at trump, n.2
[Aus] (con. WWII) E. Lambert Long White Night 80: ‘Where are you off to?’ ‘Where do you think? Get a bit of twot.’.
at twat, n.
[Aus] J. Butcher White Night 283: I put a hand on Ramirez’s wrist and said, ‘Easy, tiger. It’s a friendly.’.
at easy!, excl.
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