1940 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 16 Mar. 57: It is such an effort to remain polite, when the smarmy old bitch oozes at me.at smarmy, adj.
1940 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 26 Oct. 166: Then the Gaumont British News, with the commentator [...] doing his stuff.at do one’s stuff (v.) under stuff, n.
1940 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 26 Oct. 98: The chairman [...] is Bruce who was Editor of the Glasgow Herald a long time ago, and was a tick then.at tick, n.2
1941 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 28 Sept. 165: We had a fine argie-bargie, anyway!at argy-bargy, n.
1941 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 26 Apr. 138: We walked round the garden, looking at the daffs.at daff, n.1
1941 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 26 Apr. 139: I feel that everyone is a bit strung-up.at strung out, adj.
1941 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 31 Dec. 174: Red Rob had left, rather tiddly.at tiddly, adj.1
1942 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 12–14 Dec. 221: A number of people got up and blithered, about religion, sex, the Soviet Union.at blither, v.
1942 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 16 Feb. 187: She has had a mis; there seem to be so many these days.at mis, n.
1942 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 4 Mar. 190: The 1st class ladies waiting room at Dumfries largely pencilled with semi-obscene drawings and rhymes, with much use of the words fuck and tool.at tool, n.1
1942 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 31 Dec. 224: Slightly better but a bit wuzzy after a big dose of dial last night.at woozy, adj.
1943 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 7–8 Apr. 241: We had tea at five, milk for me, and ‘pieces’ (*Thick sandwiches) and pancakes.at piece, n.
1944 N. Mitchison Among You Taking Notes 2–5 Oct. 296: It seems rather pinko and Liberal and full of good resolutions.at pinko, adj.2