1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 195: Listen, about what I said earlier, don’t be shittin’ bricks. I’ve done this before.at shit a brick, v.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 337: The little pup was casually strolling down the main street of Dalkey now, bold as brass, and wearing my overcoat!at bold as brass (adj.) under bold as..., adj.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 242: Bit like yerself that way. Thick as a bucket of shite. [Ibid.] 299: Big stupid-lookin’ black and white thing, he was [...] Thick as a brick.at thick as..., adj.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 99: ‘You look rough,’ I told him. ‘I feel rough as a bear’s arse,’ he laughed. ‘Was out on the pull last night.’.at ...a badger’s arse under rough as..., adj.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 290: Straight out of the freezer, it’s cold as a well-digger’s arse, that is, Homer.at ...a grave-digger’s arse under cold as..., adj.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 194: If things go arseways and if I have to use this [...] then you’ll have to buy it off me.at assways (adj.) under ass, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 304: A photograph of a gorgeous young black woman, sashaying along a tropical beach in a brief red bikini. ‘Isn’t she a beaut, Homer?’.at beaut, n.1
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 367: And this one year we’re up in the boneyard and the mother is saying the prayers.at boneyard, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 241: Very careless lad, the Pony. Shite for brains, Homer.at shit for brains, phr.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 44: ‘Fierce, the old coffin nails,’ he said, taking a light from Seánie.at coffin nail, n.2
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 327: Someone in the flats is after tellin’ her there’s a contract out on me.at contract, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 329: Shower of useless cowboys, shagged off without finishin’ the job.at cowboy, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 146: Nap would come trundling into the lane, peer out of his van [...] and call, ‘How’s she cuttin’ Larry, I’ve no news yet on yer friend’.at how’s she cutting? under cut, v.2
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 93: We fuckinwell decked him [...] We danced him into the cobblestones, that’s what we did.at deck, v.2
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 104: Watch whoever is gettin’ the dig. Sometimes give a dig themselves.at dig, n.1
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 347: I need money [...] I thought y’might like to give me a dig-out. A bit of a loan.at dig-out, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 26: Is it a dollar a week? Are you jokin’ me, man? [...] (A dollar was Seánie’s word for five shillings).at dollar, n.1
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 292: ‘Have you a match?’ I said. ‘Your face and me arse, Homer.’.at your face and my ass! (excl.) under face, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 36: All the girls in school fancy the knickers off Paul. But I prefer George, he looks more sad.at fancy, v.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 249: Fed up to the back teeth reading articles about how the Great sodding Famine still important in Irish psyche.at fed up, adj.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 92: I never gave a flying fiddler’s mickey about maths either.at not give a fiddler’s fuck (v.) under fiddler, n.3
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 44: Fierce, the old coffin nails [...] The wife’s never done at me about jackin’ them in.at fierce, adj.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 279: What’ll they invent next? Somethin’ like that, I really would say that’s fierce handy, is it?at fierce, adv.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 193: I’ll know him when you point him out to me, sweat. That’s how I work. You put the finger on him.at put the finger on (v.) under finger, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 323: ‘I think you’re after mixin’ me up with someone else here.’ ‘With who?’ ‘With someone who gives a flying fuck about you. That’s who.’.at flying fuck, n.
1998 J. O’Connor Salesman 334: It’s little enough chance I get to be buyin’ women’s clothes. Though I suppose the girls down in Dunnes’ll think I’m a bit funny now.at funny, adj.3