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Islanders (1933) 154: It’s the ashes bes on yer toes, an’ the ABC on yer shins with toastin’ them in the fire.at ABC, n.1
Islanders (1933) 154: It’s the ashes bes on yer toes, an’ the ABC on yer shins with toastin’ them in the fire. Islanders (1933) 156: Biddy Melly tells me him an’ our Susie’s as thick as thieves.at ...thieves under thick as..., adj.
Islanders (1933) 140: Musha, bad scrant to the same Mason; he’s a plague.at bad scran (n.) under bad, adj.
Islanders (1933) 27: ‘Bad cess to it for snuff,’ she said. ‘Sheila spilled half of the last one on me.’.at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
Islanders (1933) 141: An’ Mary Manus is goin’ to keep Manus off the batter.at batter, n.3
Islanders 26: ‘Well, glory be to God,’ the mother exclaimed, ‘if that doesn’t beat the wee wheel.’.at beat the little dish (v.) under beat, v.
Islanders (1933) 156: A body has to keep an odd eye out on their own.at body, n.
Islanders (1933) 29: ‘The devil take them for hens,’ Manus growled [...] ‘They’re only a botheration,’ Charlie said. ‘A botheration? They’re a curse!’.at botheration, n.
Islanders (1933) 131: The way ye clouted through them waves was clippin’.at clipping, adj.2
Islanders (1933) 130: I thought Charlie Doogan’s bruscan was bad, but yours is the daddy of all. I never smelt nothing like it.at daddy, n.
Islanders (1933) 133: Another summer I fished in Portnoo, I was near torn to flitters with fleas.at flitter, v.
Islanders (1933) 132: Mush, ploid on ye, Manus, but yer clean gone! He’s fair light in the head smokin’ tay’.at gone, adj.1
Islanders (1933) 144: Dirty gulpins of ducks, that I didn’t get an egg out of since I don’t know when.at gulpin, n.
Islanders (1933) 117: Stasia will be up in her hat. But what a freak photo of her!at up in one’s hat (adj.) under hat, n.
Islanders (1933) 100: When ye find women hookin’ men they never were given any licence to mix with, down the public street ...at hook, v.1
Islanders (1933) 98: It’s a quare ould grin he had on him, an’ be me sowl, Biddy, nobody noticed any huff on yerself.at huff, n.
Islanders (1933) 126: ‘Oh, Mother of God, Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Charlie’s dead,’ Sally screamed.at Jesus, Mary and Joseph! (excl.) under Jesus, n.
Islanders (1933) 175: Manus was overjoyed to shelter the man that was ‘on his keeping’.at on one’s keeping under keeping, n.
Islanders (1933) 132: I’d be makin’ up to ye myself, if I was as young as some of the boys.at make up to (v.) under make, v.
Islanders (1933) 100: Arrah, damn on ye! it’s not the nerve to hoult a girl ye’d have herself, ye poor slat mara.at slat mara, n.
Islanders (1933) 147: Isn’t he a picture?at picture, n.
Islanders (1933) 43: She can never eat praties.at pratie, n.
Islanders (1933) 188: Amn’t I the quare wan to be staggerin’ like this.at quare, adj.
Islanders 98: A quare ould grin he had on him, an’ be me sowl, Biddy, nobody noticed any huff on yerself.at quare, adj.
Islanders (1933) 57: I’ve as sunsey a wee girl as is in the parish, God bless her.at sonsy, adj.
Islanders (1933) 84: Susan Manus made tea for them all, and she without knowing the joy Mary Doogan thought to take out of baking that flour and wetting that tea.at wet the tea leaves (v.) under tea, n.
Islanders (1933) 141: It’s because Neil is goin’ that yer Aunt Mary is goin’, for she knows fine he’ll go on the tare. An’ Mary Manus is goin’ to keep Manus off the batter.at go (out) on a/the tear (v.) under tear, n.
Islanders (1933) 147: ‘Isn’t he a picture?’ she said. ‘Perfect. And he’s a tiger for dash, I’ll swear.’.at tiger for (n.) under tiger, n.
Islanders (1933) 132: She used to wear a hat, an’ was a terrible toff when I married her.at toff, n.
Islanders (1933) 88: ‘Whist, Sally,’ the mother remonstrated.at whisht!, excl.
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