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[UK] Wodehouse et al. Oh Boy! [musical] Don’t be ridic. Come and join the party and be a little ray of sunshine.
at ridic, adj.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 10 9: This durned horse has gone loco!
at darned, adj.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 13 8: Welcome back to the King of the Clots, Drip of the Droops – Stuporman!
at droop, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 23 8: Good thing I parked my own ash-can near by.
at ashcan, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 20 13: ‘Are you all right, Gail?’ ‘You bet!’.
at you bet! (excl.) under bet, v.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 21 3: Phew! That was a narrow squeak!! I wonder if the blighter saw me bale out.
at blighter, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 20 7: You showed the bobby your return ticket to China!
at bobby, n.1
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 21 11: He’s Bill the bank buster!
at buster, n.1
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 17 5: Jumping catfish they’ve gone!!
at jumping cats!, excl.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 19 11: Jeepers-Deepers!
at jeepers creepers!, excl.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 18 9: Dag-a-dag! The varmint’s snuck under cover.
at dag, n.3
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 24 12: I’ve been done! Not to say diddled!
at diddle, v.2
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 20 10: Dig dirt chum. I think I want a word with that speed agent.
at dig dirt (v.) under dig, v.1
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 17 9: Hi Doc!
at doc, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 24 12: I’ve been done! Not to say diddled!
at done, adj.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 16 13: Heroin! Cocaine! Enough dope to stiffen a fortress.
at dope, n.1
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 17 14: Now then, Ma! Dub up! This is a hold-up!
at dub up, v.1
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 23 7: Mistaken! My eye!
at my eye(s)!, excl.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 17 9: You’re one of the gang – grab sky!
at grab (the) sky (v.) under grab, v.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 18 12: That fooled you mutton-head.
at mutton-head, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 17 10: So you want to play it rough, huh?
at play it..., v.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 19 11: Jeepers! This is a tougher proposition than I thought.
at jeepers!, excl.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 213: By Jingo! That’s the plane.
at jingo!, excl.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 21 6: Jumping Joe!! His undercarriage is stuck!!
at jumping, adj.1
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 18 10: Slinging lead now, stead of rocks.
at sling lead (v.) under lead, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 20 9: You’re lucky I don’t feed yuh lead, Pop. I want yuh to live to tell ’em I’m plenty tough. Yeah!
at feed someone lead (v.) under lead, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 20 10: Say! You’ve got a leaky mouth, pal.
at leaky, adj.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 23 10: Pin back your lug’oles, Folks!
at pin back one’s lugholes (v.) under lughole, n.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 19 7: Lummy, this is the best cake I’ve ever tasted!
at lumme!, excl.
[UK] Oh Boy! No. 19 8: One of these lunkheads thought to follow!
at lunkhead, n.
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