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The Emigrants choose

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[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 65: You get dis thing an’ den you find out [...] it ain’t worth two shits.
at not worth a shit, phr.
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 62: It won’ be long ’fore every Tom Dick an’ Harry can send his chil’.
at Tom, Dick and Harry, n.
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 63: Dat is a lot a kiss-me-tail nonsense.
at kiss-my-ass, adj.
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 120: Look, bellybreakers, ol’ man, look the good ol’ keep-me-ups we call bellybreakers.
at bellybreakers (n.) under belly, n.
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 111: ‘’Ave ’alf pint o’ bitter John?’ ‘My name aint John.’.
at John, n.
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 69: They won’t leave till they [...] suck yuh blood like a blasted jumbie.
at jumbie, n.
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 75: You never had dealings with limeys an’ you doan’ know what they can do.
at limey, n.
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 177: Somebody’s getting a piece o’ puss.
at puss, n.1
[UK] G. Lamming Emigrants (1980) 68: That is a lot of rass-clot talk.
at raasclat, adj.
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