1809 E.S. Barrett Tarantula 134: Adam and Eve’s ten-toed machine, or the marrow-bone stage.at marrowbone stage, the, n.
1809 E.S. Barrett Tarantula 75: Any poor, crazy, fool, now-a-days, any half-starved journeyman baker, brewer, shoe, blanket, or member-mug maker.at member mug (n.) under member, n.1
1944 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Phantom of the Cookhouse’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 173: Well, if you arst me, sir, it’s a lot of cock.at cock, n.5
1944 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Gas’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 163: Well, we were all of a doodah [...] all rushing to and fro.at all of a doodah under doodah, n.1
1944 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Phantom of the Cookhouse’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 172: Flicking waiter. You know, got up posh.at flicking, adj.
1944 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Phantom of the Cookhouse’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 172: Got up posh, shirt front, black coat and all.at posh, adv.
1944 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Gas’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 163: He was in a proper stew.at stew, n.1
1946 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Bitten by the Tarantula’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 5: Armstrong said, ‘Spider is SO. He writes poetry.’.at so, adj.
1946 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Bitten by the Tarantula’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 44: You filthy little sod, I wouldn’t wipe myself on your bloody dough!at sod, n.1
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 202: Now Bogart climbs the apples to his apartment.at apples (and pears), n.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 205: Trégi stepped bang in his path.at bang, adv.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 217: He sways slightly, waving half-a-bar [...] he draws all his money in ten bobs from the bank.at half a bar (n.) under bar, n.1
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 205: He thrust on [...] towards the brass nails on the batter.at batter, v.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 212: He’d probably a bit put by and it was as well to keep on the right side.at bit, n.1
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 205: He thrust on [...] towards the brass nails on the batter.at brass, n.2
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 203: Bugger me if some other jane don’t identify him.at bugger me! (excl.) under bugger, v.1
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 202: Gangsters enter and offer him the chance of coming in on a caper.at caper, n.2
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 212: A seedy young man in a frayed collar and a shiny demob suit.at demob suit (n.) under demob, n.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 205: Christ almighty, another couple o’ nicker down the pan.at down the pan under down, prep.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 202: The film has already begun at the Fleapit.at fleapit, n.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 204: The tie [...] that’s expensive: set him back sixteen og [sic].at hog, n.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 207: I think I got someone hooked for that beauty parlour scheme: a steamer, a mug, see?at hooked, adj.1
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 208: The stairs that led down to the [...] gents lav.at lav, n.1
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 202: The judge has threatened him with a lifer.at lifer, n.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 210: The loaded coffee was like a fire in his empty tum.at loaded, adj.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 206: In with the old head, up with the old knee, and click!at old, adj.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 203: Judies, dolls, palones, whatever you care to call ’em.at polone, n.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 203: . . . then prison, the Scrubs.at Scrubs, the, n.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 203: A screw gets shivved but who cares.at shiv, v.
1947 J. Maclaren-Ross ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 203: Bogart’s planning like stink.at like stink (adv.) under stink, n.