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Emerald Germs of Ireland choose

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[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 360: Smashed his mother over the head with a spade and buried her in the front garden! The front bucking garden!
at bucking, adj.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 306: I mind her coming down the street one day wearing a hat with a plastic budgie!
at budgie, n.1
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 364: It’s no good locking a specimen like him away in chokey.
at chokey, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 348: The best party ever. The best in his wildest dreams, especially when it had been held – thrown – by clodhopping idiots.
at clodhopping, adj.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 355: Pat, you auld cod you! I’m only pretending to be investigating!
at cod, n.2
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 345: God, but weren’t you the right eejit all the same.
at eejit, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 346: It’s going to be the fabbo party of all time!
at fab, adj.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 315: ’Fraid not, old fruit. Mother is sacred.
at old fruit (n.) under fruit, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 305: A complete and utter bucking headcase!
at headcase, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 367: Jeekers, Pat.
at jeepers!, excl.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 367: Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Pat! You gave me a fright!
at Jesus, Mary and Joseph! (excl.) under Jesus, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 335: I hope you haven’t done jobbies in your trousers!
at jobbie, n.2
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 360: The dirty lug!
at lug, n.2
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 343: Let’s have one of the chicks make a play for him and see what happens!
at make a play for (v.) under play, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 298: The sparrow-taunting notes of ‘The Garden Where The Praties Grow’ trilling wantonly from his lips.
at pratie, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 301: Scuttering tubs of guts who have to have it all their own way.
at scuttering (adj.) under scutter, n.1
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 373: ‘Yes, Sergeant,’ he agreed, adding, ‘I’ll sing like a lark.’.
at sing like a canary (v.) under sing, v.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 364: It’s no good locking a specimen like him away in chokey.
at specimen, n.
[Ire] P. McCabe Emerald Germs of Ireland 301: Had to be all the big fellows and that’s all there is to it. Scuttering tubs of guts who have to have all their own way.
at tub of guts (n.) under tub, n.1
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