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[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 19: I copped a deaf-un and kept on walking.
at cop a deaf ’un (v.) under cop a..., v.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 32: You can lose half a streatch remishion and no messing about.
at no messing (about) under mess about, v.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 28: My door was unlocked my shoes had already been taken away from me, so I was all set.
at all set, adj.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 28: They can just do what they like, when they like and to who they like [...] and you can do sweet b.a. about it.
at bugger all, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 187: I’ll have a leavey [...] and imagine that I’m haveing a bunk up instead of you.
at levy (and frank), n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 36: There is plenty of dust [...] which gets in your north and south and up your Harry James.
at north (and south), n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 150: The geezer was getting in a right two & eight.
at two and eight, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 62: What’s the matter Frank, your bottle fallen out?
at has your bottle fallen out? under bottle (and glass), n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 31: Some [books] are right under the arm, stand on me.
at under the arm (adj.) under arm, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 14: The Bastard, what did he think I had some stuffed my harris.
at arris, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 53: One week a couple of geezers had it away off the football field.
at have it away, v.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 185: Balls to them they wont see me for dust when I get out.
at balls to...! (excl.) under balls!, excl.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 152: They had [...] taken my dabs and banged me up in a peter.
at bang up, v.2
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 57: A screw would creep round the landings and try and catch some one bang to rights.
at bang to rights (adv.) under bang, adv.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 22: Don’t have nothing to do with that c . . . other wise you’ll wind up bang in trouble.
at bang, adv.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 33: All of a sudden there was a right barney at the other end of the shop.
at barney, n.2
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 23: If people can’t be barons without going around punching little geezers up in the air.
at baron, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 10: He’d got nicked for poncing off his old woman who was a brass on the game down the Baze.
at Baze, the, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 145: The Bullie-Beef motioned to the other screws to gather around the door.
at bully beef, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 117: There were so many geezers getting the belt all the time. [...] There was one geezer who’s old woman gave him the belt so often that he never knew where he was. [Ibid.] 167: I can always give her the Lonsdale after a week or two.
at give someone the belt (v.) under belt, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 150: Well have you got any bent geer in the back?
at bent, adj.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 138: Two Old Bill’s came up to me and told me they had a warrant for my arrest.
at Old Bill, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 9: Just a minite [...] Has my bird showed up yet?
at bird, n.1
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 10: Some geezer, who [...] had been captured on a blag down the west.
at blag, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 137: This time I went the guntz and blagged her for a grand.
at blag, v.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 85: If he’s in a bad mood or he doesn’t like your face [...] you get a big blank.
at blank, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 124: They only thing they did was put the block on him.
at put a/the block on (v.) under block, n.6
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 36: He came back with a big bandage on his thumb and a big smile on his boat race.
at boatrace, n.2
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 79: Most of them [i.e. prison warders] are [...] too scared to do any trafficing, but the ones that do make a bomb.
at make a bomb (v.) under bomb, n.
[UK] F. Norman Bang To Rights 152: ‘Your bonkers,’ I spluttered.
at bonkers, adj.
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