1929 D.H. Lawrence ‘The Little Wowser’ in Pansies in Complete Poems 493: There is a little wowser / John Thomas by name [...] I think of all the little brutes / as ever was invented / that little cod’s the holy worst.at holy, adj.
1929 D.H. Lawrence ‘The Little Wowser’ in Pansies in Complete Poems 493: There is a little wowser / John Thomas by name [...] I think of all the little brutes / as ever was invented / that little cod’s the holy worst.at John Thomas, n.
1929 D.H. Lawrence ‘Fight!’ Pansies 29: The money-muck [...] and the money-muck-worms, the extant powers that have got you in keep.at muck-worm, n.
1929 D.H. Lawrence ‘True Democracy’ in Pansies in Complete Poems 434: I wish I was a gentleman / as full of wet as a watering-can / to pee in the face of a police-man.at pee, v.
1929 D.H. Lawrence ‘True Democracy’ in Pansies in Complete Poems 434: Yes, I’m a gent, an’ Liz / ’ere, she’s a lidy, aren’t yer, old quizz?at quiz, n.
1929 D.H. Lawrence ‘Altercation’ Pansies 109: And do you think it’s my business to be handing out money to a lot of inferior swipe?at swipe, n.2
1929 D.H. Lawrence ‘Willy wet-legs’ Pansies 119: I can’t stand Willy wet-leg, can’t stand him at any price.at wet leg (n.) under wet, adj.1
1929 D.H. Lawrence Pansies 17: I wish I was a gentleman As full of wet as a watering-can To whizz in the eye of a police-man .at whiz, v.2