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Drums Under the Window choose

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[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 194: For one pin, you conceited, third-class ape, I’d knock you off the scaffold.
at ape, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 80: It’s Mild Millie – a terrible female, powerful woman, takin’ ten men to lug her to the station when she goes wild with red biddy.
at red biddy (n.) under biddy, n.2
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 337: Wot was bitin’ ’em? Barmy, th’ lot of ’em.
at bite, v.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 265: No scab or blackleg could be one of them, and every member, whenever possible, had to be member of a trade union.
at blackleg, n.2
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 145: Isn’t it enough that our priests have said the thing is to be condemned holus-bolus, in toto, without reservation.
at holus-bolus, adv.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 141: Never mind, went on the poor old man, bouseys will be bouseys.
at bowsie, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 239: I’ll make me home in John Bull’s Other island.
at John Bull, n.1
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 45: Must peel the spuds for the chiselurs’ dinner.
at chiseller, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 142: An hour ago today I and my donah celebrated our diamond wedding in the church of the twelve pathrons.
at dona, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 58: He wasn’t going to spend his life hawking round this poor bewildhered eejut.
at eejit, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 52: He could fancy Ruth standing there in that field [...] creamy face, rosy cheeks, and big brown goo-goo eyes.
at goo-goo eyes, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 200: Him? A dangerous gazebo, hot-foot after English money, that’s what he is.
at gazabo, n.1
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 229: Yous gang o’ goughers! snarled the sergeant, I know yous of old.
at gouger, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 233: Jesus, Mary, an’ Joseph be with us now! burst from the voice beside Sean.
at Jesus, Mary and Joseph! (excl.) under Jesus, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 229: Here you, seizing the wounded man by the arm [...] walkin’s good enough for you, instead of plankin’ your bum on a car.
at plank, v.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 238: Curious spot to choose for an episcopal pow-wow.
at pow-wow, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 29: Cheer up, old sweat – you’ll be all right yet.
at old sweat (n.) under sweat, n.
[Ire] (con. 1900s) S. O’Casey Drums Under the Windows 143: The fact is there isn’t a single what-you-may-call-them from one end of holy Ireland to th’ other!
at whatchamacallit, n.
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