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Whistle in the Dark choose

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[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Too much back-handin’, too much palm-oil.
at back-hand, v.2
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: And we breezed out lively, Michael.
at breeze, v.1
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act III: Sick as a dog, bunched completely, not worth two-pence. And I couldn’t stir, I’m telling you. Not for hours.
at bunched, adj.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: I wouldn’t be buying no English charve. Oi?
at charver, n.1
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark (1978) Act II: We could bring him, like, for the crack.
at crack, n.1
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act III: That’s a very handy one always when any of us, the thick lads, says anything about the big nobs – crap faces.
at craphead (n.) under crap, n.1
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Crap, daff, bullshit! Do you think I’m an eejit? [Ibid.] Act II: Go on, Des. Tell him he’s the color of his daff.
at daff, n.2
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act II: How are you fixed for dust? [...] Here’s a few quid anyway.
at dust, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Hugo got him a right fong up in the arse.
at fong, n.2
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Them are the ones that gam on not to know you when they meet you.
at gam on, v.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act III: Don’t you know fathers don’t have to game on to their children the great men they are?
at game on, v.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark [stage direction] He affects a swagger when he walks The swagger is called ‘the gimp’, shoulders hunched up, one shoulder higher than the other, arms slightly tense.
at gimp, n.1
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: I don’t want people, twopence-half-penny guys, ordering a son of mine.
at twopenny-halfpenny, adj.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Too many Holy Marys pulling strings, and talking merit.
at holy Mary (n.) under holy, adj.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: And Des went out to the jacks and we heard the scuffle starting.
at jacks, n.2
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act II: I never seen him kiss a jane once.
at jane, n.2
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Aw, jay, sham, don’t take it too serious.
at jay!, excl.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Let no one say there was ever a jibber in our family!
at jibber, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act III: Iggy made a right job of ‘King’.
at make a job (v.) under job, n.2
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: And Hugo struck and then, / Upon the floor, all K.O. dead, / Were the bloody Englishmen!
at k.o., v.1
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: And I got this. (Bruise) And stars for a minute and then, well, lights out.
at lights (out) (n.) under light, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act II: Blood, and fighting, and light-heads, and daft fathers, and mad brothers!
at lighthead, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: One of your long-haired ones is waiting up the road.
at long-haired chum (n.) under longhaired, adj.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: The lousers must have stayed on for another one at The Lion.
at louser, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act II: Our intelligent brother wants it seven to three. Our intelligent brother is warning him to keep away from us trash. Well, mouth, what about the eighth Mulryan?
at mouth, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act II: Oh-ho, she’s getting narked.
at narked, adj.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: These two English blokes – one of them putting the nut into Des.
at put the nut in (v.) under nut, n.1
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: Too much back-handin’, too much palm-oil.
at palm oil, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act I: You’re not a Paddy?
at Paddy, n.
[Ire] T. Murphy Whistle in the Dark Act II: Anytime I got pox or crabs, it wasn’t off the ones I thought I’d get it off.
at pox, n.1
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