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[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 188: My word, it’s jest a little bit o’ all right.
at bit of all right, a, phr.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 83: Oh, it’s all sereno for you.
at all serene, adj.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 255: Don’t you give me no back-talk.
at back-talk, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 43: It’s the beastly silence jags me. [...] I’ve prayed for a southerly buster sometimes – just to hear a row.
at buster, n.1
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 134: If Lane ’as hany last rud’ments of sense ’e’ll give us the chuck-hout ’stead of beer.
at chuck-out, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 222: My crikey, I wouldn’t like Cummil’s knife inter me!
at crikey!, excl.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 9: Stop that croaking, then. D’you hear?
at croak, v.1
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 216: He won’t make the clean pertater out o’ this waster. A daisy – that’s what he is. A slap-up daisy.
at daisy, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 237: There weren’t no old days; I’ll take my dick on that.
at dick, n.3
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 256: ‘Ass [...] He’s going to be dropped himself.’ The rifle spoke on the heel of the words.
at drop, v.3
[UK] G.B. Lanchester Sons O’ Men 6: It’s boun’ ter be stripy. But bring all yer c’n ter th’ flats.
at strip(e)y, adj.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 231: ‘Give you the go, ’as she?’ he asked delicately.
at give someone/something the go (v.) under go, n.3
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 187: Twenty-five galopshus, full-bodied, double chaps.
at golopshus, adj.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 8: ‘Keep yer ’ead shut,’ howled Muggins.
at keep one’s head shut (v.) under head, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 43: It’s the beastly silence jags me.
at jag, v.2
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 112: ‘There’s a ketch missing from out.’ ‘Ketch be fiddled!’.
at jigger, v.3
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 57: Wi stood up [...] and hurled all the bad words of his knowledge at the pakeha.
at P?keh?, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 18: ‘My land!’ he said. ‘I’m fair starved.’.
at my land! (excl.) under land, n.1
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 43: Yer was a fair scallywag ter the boys, yer know.
at scallywag, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 263: ‘There’ll be a holy row in a shake,’ gasped Thornton.
at shake, n.1
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 247: He’s no slousher at this.
at slousher, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 235: Walt, yer are a smeller, straight wire.
at smeller, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 10: You may call it what you darn well please, but it’s going to be a snorter.
at snorter, n.2
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 5: Stop off that row, and git inter yer boots.
at stop off (v.) under stop, v.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 13: ‘I’ve ’ad suff of this,’ he said. ‘We’ve grafted ten hours, an’ I’m done in.’.
at suff, adj.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 80: Reckon that fancy cutter ’ll git ’is walkin’-ticket over it.
at walking ticket (n.) under ticket, n.1
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 21: Lavel had found occasion to call Franklin a turnip-headed liar.
at turnip-head (n.) under turnip, n.
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 187: And won’t there be wigs on the green to-morrow?
at wigs on the green (n.) under wig, n.2
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 235: Walt, yer are a smeller, straight wire.
at straight wire (n.) under wire, n.1
[UK] ‘G.B. Lancaster’ Sons O’ Men 252: He’ll wooden more of you out if you scare him.
at wooden (out) (v.) under wooden, adj.
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