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Entertaining Mr Sloane choose

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[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act I: Why don’t you shut your mouth and give your arse a chance?
at give one’s arse a chance under arse, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: Weak heart, my arse. You murdered him.
at my arse! (excl.) under arse, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act I: I generally spend holidays in places where bints have got rings through their noses.
at bint, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act I: Too much of this casual bunking up nowadays.
at bunk up, v.2
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: She had your cherry?
at cop a cherry (v.) under cherry, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: We have the odd confab sometimes.
at confab, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: Did mamma hear you were on the razzle?
at on the razzle dazzle (phr.) under razzle-dazzle, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: I thumbs a lift from a geyser who promises me a bed.
at geezer, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: Allowing him to kip here was a mistake.
at kip, v.
[UK] Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: I had a matie. What times we had.
at matey, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: You won’t abandon me? Leave me to face the music.
at face the music (v.) under music, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: We toured the nighteries in the motor.
at niterie, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: Why don’t you get smartened up? Get a new rig-out.
at rig-out, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act III: I’ve a bun in the oven.
at have a bun in the oven (v.) under oven, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act III: Pack it in, I tell you.
at pack it in under pack, v.1
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: My guts is playing up.
at play up, v.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act I: Go on, you superannuated old prat!
at prat, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: You’ll find yourself in queer street.
at in Queer Street under Queer Street, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: You’re not doing rude things with this kiddy, are you, like you did with Tommy?
at rude, adj.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: Shut it.
at shut it! (excl.) under shut, v.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act II: Told him she’s up the stick did you?
at up the stick (adj.) under stick, n.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act I: How long is it? / Twenty years / ’Strewth!
at ’strewth!, excl.
[UK] J. Orton Entertaining Mr Sloane Act I: He ought to be in Colney Hatch. He’s a slate off.
at have a tile loose (v.) under tile, n.
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