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[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: What a night! It’d freeze the tail off a brass monkey.
at cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, phr.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: Now then, come across!
at come across, v.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: I’m the Big Noise here.
at big noise (n.) under big, adj.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act III: ’Bove churches, ’bove everything, to the Big Boss in the clouds.
at big boss, the, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: What the blazes is that to you?
at how the blazes! (excl.) under blazes, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: I never saw such a dam booby hutch.
at booby-hutch, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: You, you brass buttoned bastard: shut that god-dam door. (The Constable goes).
at brass buttons (n.) under brass, adj.1
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act III: You won’t say that after I’m croaked.
at croaked, adj.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: You make me sick. Quit dickying round that girl and listen to me!
at dick (around) (v.) under dick, v.3
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I n.p.: You’re all a bunch o’ bums [...] Look at yourselves, you lop-eared mongrels!
at lop-eared, adj.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: You little Broadway fairy! You unwashed son-of-bitch! You cock-eyed preliminary bum.
at fairy, n.1
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: Here goes for these two.
at here goes!, excl.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act III: I’m highballin’ out o’ here.
at highball, v.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: Go to sleep, you nut-house.
at nut house, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: You’re a Jerusalem marvel, you are!
at Jerusalem, adj.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: She’s the one got me lagged last time I was jolted.
at jolt, v.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: Jungle buzzards! You can’t even get arrested!
at jungle buzzard (n.) under jungle, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: Come on, pretty.
at pretty, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: You drew ’em both together to put it across me.
at put it across (v.) under put, v.1
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: Doctor Percival Whittaker – a precious bag of sawbones.
at sawbones (n.) under saw, n.2
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: A lot o’ pimps without women! Scabs! Punkgrafters!
at scab, n.1
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: Has he had all the swell skirt I’ve had?
at skirt, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: I’d rather pick snipes on the street.
at snipe, n.1
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act I: Fancy a bit of tail, Doc?
at bit of tail (n.) under tail, n.
[UK] Nichols & Tully Twenty Below Act II: Get wise, kid.
at get wise (to) (v.) under wise, adj.
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