1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 80: Dooley’s version portrayed Henry as almost in tears and begging forgiveness. ‘Like a bloody old wet hen!’.at mopey as a wet hen, adj.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 78: ‘What a pay-book,’ he sighed. Dooley grinned. ‘Like a pak-a-poo ticket,’ he agreed.at like a pakapoo ticket under like a..., phr.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 221: Hey, shortarse! [...] You with the pips. Show us yer face.at short-arse, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 140: Left-hand track ran over a stray mine and arse-over we went.at arse over under arse, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 183: Pigs to that! [...] A jack-up, that’s the shot.at pig’s arse!, excl.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 67: ‘Every body happy?’ ‘Happy as pigs in mud,’ snarled Dooley.at ...a pig in shit under happy as..., adj.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 117: He was a good soldier and game as Ned Kelly.at ...Ned Kelly under game as..., adj.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 217: I feel a bit lost — thousands of miles from Aussie, foreigners everywhere.at Aussie, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 55: How many bleeding Huns have you bagged.at bag, v.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 216: You ever been bashed up by coppers?at bash up (v.) under bash, v.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 216: Slim got a bashing and a month’s jail in 1933.at bashing, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 19: ‘You beaut!’ they roared.at you beaut! (excl.) under beaut, n.1
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 81: The Ginger Beers have laid so many mines they’ve lost trace of some of ’em.at ginger beer, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 55: How many bleeding Huns have you bagged.at bleeding, adj.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 45: One of the Second N jokers was telling me how he was showing a Ninth Divvy bloke how to prime a grenade.at bloke, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 131: [I’m going to] marry a millionaire’s daughter and become a respectable bludger.at bludger, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 79: I got you out of that blue at Mersa Matruh, but you’ll have to go up this time.at blue, n.1
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 106: A provost I got into a blue with in Tel Aviv was barkin’ the orders.at blue, n.4
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 179: There’s gonna be a blue over this.at blue, n.4
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 141: Blokes who’ve been in Jerusalem boob reckon it’s ten times worse than Pentridge, Boggo Road and Long Bay put together.at boob, n.1
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 106: Did that bastard bore it up me?at bore it up (v.) under bore, v.1
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 91: The corporal [...] has to pass on the bull that the officers and sergeants hand out and take the kicks from the men when he does it.at bull, n.6
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 13: I just couldn’t stand there any longer and listen to that bullsh.at bullsh, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 90: I offered him a couple of stripes and he told me to bung them.at bung, v.1
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 107: ‘Who’re we getting? ‘A real bastard.’ ‘Who, but?’.at but, adv.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 189: If we get our extra beer I bet you hop in for your chop.at chop, n.1
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 214: I was thinkin’ of going in for S.P.-ing meself when I get back to civvy street.at civvie street (n.) under civvie, adj.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 154: Gentlemen, I require two fiddleys in the old comic cuts.at comic cuts, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 175: Fancies himself, the bloody Commo.at commo, n.
1951 (con. 1941) E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves 91: If a corporal makes a coot of himself [...] he generally don’t last long.at coot, n.1