1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 25: I’m not so very strong. I should cockle.at I should cocoa under coffee and cocoa, v.
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 117: The dignitary [...] was very much displeased at having been bamboozled into allowing a Requiem Mass to be sung for the soul of a pig.at bamboozle, v.
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 138: Bring your Bow-wow, your Puss-puss, your Dickie-bird.at dicky-bird, n.1
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 57: Aristocrats are inclined to prefer Nazis while Jews prefer Bolshies.at bolshie, n.
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 41: There are Chinks and Japs and Fuzzy Wuzzies and Ice Creamers and Dagos, and so on.at ice-creamer, n.
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 81: A soldier’s dairies are well covered with ammunition pouches and for this reason should be left alone, and also becos a very little lower down yer gits the belly.at dairy, n.1
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 41: There are Chinks and Japs and Fuzzy Wuzzies and Ice Creamers and Dagos, and so on.at fuzzy-wuzzy, n.1
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 139: Many mothers of dogs had fetched their little ones home.at mother, n.
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 117: There was fortunately nothing much to damage, except the ‘King’s’ tatty striped wall-papers.at tatty, adj.
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 88: The old gentleman [...] always seemed to have a wonderful thatch.at thatch, n.
1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie 182: At what stage [...] does the beautiful heroine abandon her lone trail and call in the heavy hand, large boots and vacant faces of the Yard?at Yard, the, n.