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[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 221: ‘Bit of bloody all right, eh, Jim?’ said Amos solemnly.
at bit of all right, a, phr.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 47: ‘Pig’s arse,’ answered Greg.
at pig’s arse!, excl.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 36: What about the range this arvo?
at arvo, n.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 32: ‘Blow me bilges!’ he grinned, quoting Old Peter.
at blow my dickey!, excl.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 54: Gee, he’s a bottler bloke.
at bottler, n.1
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 69: Come on Jim—get up orf your brains and lets get goin’.
at get up off one’s brains (v.) under brain, n.1
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 71: You shouldn’t have much to worry about if any of those Grammar buckos try to do you over.
at bucko, n.1
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 196: Get it orf yer chest or else button yer bloody flap.
at button one’s lip, v.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 243: You sawn-off carrot-headed squirt.
at carrot-headed (adj.) under carrot, n.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 154: I’ll belt the Christ outa yer!
at bash the Christ out of (v.) under Christ, n.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 154: What’s yer monniker, cobs?
at cobber, n.2
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 26: He’s got a corker black eye!
at corking, adj.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 31: Aw, crickey, Mum, cut it out.
at crikey!, excl.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 14: Boys threw stones on his tin-roof [...] when he was lying doped on his chaff-bag stretcher.
at doped, adj.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 196: Get it orf yer chest or else button yer bloody flap.
at flap, n.1
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 45: Whether he’s a flash bastard or not, he licked me.
at flash, adj.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 45: He licked me. Licked me to a frazzle.
at beat to a frazzle (v.) under frazzle, n.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 23: You can’t kick me or my dog or I’ll go you.
at go, v.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 209: Listen, gutsache [...] I’ve had a gutful of this floatin’ fortress.
at gut-ache (n.) under gut, n.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 31: Why do you look as though you pissed your pants? We both got through.
at piss (in) one’s pants, v.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 101: ‘Jumpin’ jewfish!’ Greg ejaculated.
at jumping Jehoshaphat!, excl.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 175: ‘Jesus wept!’ exploded Tug.
at Jesus wept!, excl.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 15: We snuck alongside and called on ’em to surrender. Not they! Up y’r jumper, f’r ours, they shouted in their own lingo.
at up your jumper!, excl.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 50: The old codger’s gone off his melon.
at melon, n.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 82: ‘You dirty rotten mongrels!’ Jim mouthed.
at mongrel, n.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 222: What hope have them mongrel Dagos got now?
at mongrel, adj.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 243: You sawn-off carrot-headed squirt.
at sawed-off, adj.
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 102: Looks like a beaut turn-out, all right.
at turn-out, n.2
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 59: I won’t be half a shake.
at half-a-shake (n.) under shake, n.1
[US] J.E. Macdonnell Jim Brady 192: Hell, we’d better smack it about!
at smack it (v.) under smack, v.
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