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[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 28: Parker said, ‘I don’t think so, Jack. I mean, I wouldn’t do you any favours getting involved [...] ‘Fuck a duck!’ Lynn said in dismay. He had been half convinced that Alan Parker would have fancied some of it.
at fuck a duck!, excl.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 73: Yeah, just let me nick a jack’s here first.
at jack’s (alive), n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 25: Harrington climbed out, and after nervously glancing about went and climbed into the 1100. ‘All right?’ Lynn enquired generally.
at all right?, phr.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 75: Like so many men, Gibbs always fancied schoolgirls, but guessed if it came right down to it, an opportunity to give any of them one, he would bottle out.
at bottle out (v.) under bottle (and glass), n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 60: So instead he reached under the covers and grabbed his cock. ‘Caught you! Playing with yourself,’ he said.
at play with oneself (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 16: And then the containers themselves, they’d be a dead give-away if he were stopped with those in the car.
at give-away, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 39: Cliff’s as good as gold [...] Least, he wouldn’t put no one away.
at put away, v.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 159: ‘They’re well fitting you, Jack,’ Tully said from the cubicle immediately in front of Lynn. ‘And that fucking judge is bending over backwards to help them.’.
at bend over backwards (v.) under bend, v.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 8: ‘That means I’ll have to go on the trot.’ ‘Might not be a bad idea, I tell you.’ ‘T’rific. My missus and kids would love that. I might as well be doing a bit.’.
at do a/one’s bit (v.) under bit, n.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 27: He preferred a straight blank; then he knew it wasn’t anything to do with [...] him personally.
at blank, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 7: ‘Well, maybe they don’t want me very much, Jack’ the second man said. [...] ‘I wouldn’t fancy making a book on it, Dave,’ Lynn said.
at book, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 50: You having a fucking brainstorm or something, Dolly? I should think you fucking well must be.
at brainstorm (n.) under brain, n.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 39: ‘You hear the Squad nicked him ?’ [...] ‘He was well bubbled up. S’what a lad who came in just ‘fore I went out told me.
at bubbled, adj.2
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 176: Oi, Charlie! Where’s our grub?
at charlie, n.2
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 87: He was satisfied that the investigation was progressing. He would get all the details from the report and wouldn’t need to chase it up personally.
at chase up, v.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 154: Whenever he had gone for trial before it was always after full committal proceedings, when everything Old Bill had was put up and challenged, and a chuck was looked for at the end.
at chuck, n.2
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 51: At least you were more or less your own boss mini-cabbing. ‘I s’pose that won’t seem too much like collar.’.
at collar, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 109: She shouted a warning to him before the dectectives could prevent her. ‘Run, Cole – it’s the cozos!’.
at cozzer, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 31: Right down to the structure of the crap they had that morning.
at crap, n.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 54: He loved his wife very much, despite their occasional bits of domestic.
at domestic, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 23: He’s a fucking hippy, ’in he. [...] He’d probably be well doped up.
at doped, adj.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 34: ‘What’s he do, Mickey?’ ‘Armed blags is what I hear – s’posed to be one or two nice little tucks down to him what he didn’t go for.’.
at down to, adj.2
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 65: The alternative was going and dragging the cars himself, which he didn’t fancy.
at drag, v.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 18: Occasional entertainment was put on, usually strippers or an off-key singer — once a drag act.
at drag, adj.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 8: He could brazen out any sort of fanny that he put up to the filth, or stand a quizzing from a silk in court, but this situation was different.
at fanny, n.2
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 36: There were managers and would-be promoters standing around the fit-up ring.
at fit-up, n.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 19: ‘Nicking a nice few quid, John?’ Lynn said [...] ‘Wish to fuck I was, Jack.’.
at to fuck (adv.) under fuck, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 140: A fella in here told me about a brief, a right good ’un. [...] Go and see him, see if he’ll do a bit for me – he’s s’posed to be a bit near the mark.
at good ’un, n.
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 109: Pyall turned and regarded his prisoner [...] ‘What d’you reckon, Benny? Want to put your hands up for it now?’.
at put one’s hand up (v.) under hand, n.1
[UK] G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 50: All right, Dolly, you got the hump. What’s the problem then?
at get the hump (v.) under hump, n.1
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