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Cut and Run (1963) 77: I sat there and got as drunk as a monkey.at drunk as (a)..., adj.
Cut and Run (1963) 77: I sat there and got as drunk as a monkey. Cut and Run (1963) 44: If he thought I, for one, was, at any time, going to have a buzz with the police, he was a tattie short. He was ‘not on.’.at tattie short, a, phr.
Cut and Run (1963) 101: In addition to the ‘deuce’ sentence, Flash had come out of it with a bit of a sore face.at bit of (a), n.
Cut and Run (1963) 174: Ah better no ‘anchor’. Dizny dae tae stey too long in the wan place. Ah better blow.at anchor, v.
Cut and Run (1963) 157: ‘A minute, Fat-ass,’ he shouted, waving his open razor.at fat-arse, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 58: It’s only an aul’ man like me ye could fight, ya balloon.at balloon, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 111: The sentence might have been lighter [...] if his defending officer hadn’t been such a ‘bampot’.at bampot, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 40: There was more than one South Side mob in this barney.at barney, n.2
Cut and Run (1963) 54: It had a frilly plunging-neckline that was doing a belly-flop.at bellyflop, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 51: Ye can bet London to a lump o’ crap that’s alarm-wire.at bet London to a brick (on) (v.) under bet, v.
Cut and Run (1963) 55: She had tried them all. Starting as a shop-lifter and ‘brass-nail’ on the beat.at brass, n.2
Cut and Run (1963) 35: You’re no’ gonny let they Soo’ Side bastarts go aboot bummin’ that they chased ony o’ the Carlton crowd, are ye?at bum, v.2
Cut and Run (1963) 158: It’s no’ ma fau’t you’re runnin’ aboot wi’ an aul’ wine-moppin’ bun.at bun, n.1
Cut and Run (1963) 44: If he thought I, for one, was, at any time, going to have a buzz with the police, he was a tattie short. He was ‘not on’.at buzz, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 101: I wasn’t really cribbing about my sentence. I was quite happy with a ‘carpet’.at carpet, n.2
Cut and Run (1963) 13: I was introduced to Jenny’s china, a short-haired synthetic blond.at china (plate), n.
Cut and Run (1963) 9: Most of the boys do not make the grade as ‘chib-man’ simply because their natures are essentially decent. [Ibid.] 30: Three of the Hatchet (a local gang) were there before us [...] The ‘chibs’ were out. They were all set for trouble.at chiv, n.1
Cut and Run (1963) 9: Most of the blows he delivers with a weapon are motivated by self-preservation and fear: fear of carrying a ‘chib-mark’ on his face.at chiv, n.1
Cut and Run (1963) 74: Ah didny want tae see Blaster gettin’ chibbed.at chiv, v.
Cut and Run (1963) 31: No more blows were necessary, for Hood had ‘chucked it’. Lying there, sprawled among the sawdust, he was crying.at chuck it, v.
Cut and Run (1963) 174: He raced in pursuit and jumped aboard, violently pushing the clippie in the process.at clippie, n.1
Cut and Run (1963) 173: Bandy knew, deep down, that he could never ‘copper’ Ben. He had never shopped anyone in his life.at copper, v.2
Cut and Run (1963) 9: Squeamishness is the cosh-boy’s worst crime.at cosh, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 101: I wasn’t really cribbing about my sentence. I was quite happy with a ‘carpet’.at crib, v.5
Cut and Run (1963) 102: Apart from one hour’s exercise and on a Sunday [...] you were hardly outside your ‘flowery’.at flowery (dell), n.
Cut and Run (1963) 101: Flash and the other bloke, being first offenders, got sixty days. But, in addition to the ‘deuce’ sentence, Flash had come out of it with a bit of a sore face.at deuce, n.1
Cut and Run (1963) 104: We were installed in the ‘dog-boxes’ [...] These little compartments were about three feet square, with a wooden seat embedded in one wall [...] Here, incoming and outgoing prisoners strip for bathing and medical inspection.at dogbox, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 155: Ah don’t gie a ‘donald’.at Donald (Duck), n.
Cut and Run (1963) 77: I dropped the watch in my pocket. I can’t control my sticky fingers.at sticky fingers, n.
Cut and Run (1963) 10: The Glasgow street-corner girl is sometimes known [...] as a ... HAIRY ...at hairy, n.1
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