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[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: She always was a back-seat driver.
at backseat driver, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act II: You’re fucking nicked, my old beauty.
at beauty, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: I’d like to run a brothel [...] I’d have two Irish birds. A decent Catholic. And a Protestant. I’d make the Protestant take Catholics. And the Catholic take Protestants.
at bird, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: We’ll go to a smashing brothel I’ve just discovered. Run by a woman [...] Very ugly bird.
at bird, n.1
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: Your wreaths have been blown to buggery, Mr McLeavy.
at to buggery (adv.) under buggery, n.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: Is that when birds say you’ve put them in the club?
at in the club (adj.) under club, n.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: We’ll go to a smashing brothel I’ve just discovered. Run by a woman [...] Nice line in crumpet she has.
at crumpet, n.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act II: That may make a difference to Divine Providence, but it cuts no ice with me.
at cut ice (with), v.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: What was your motive in confessing to the bank job?
at job, n.2
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: You’ve had her? Knocked it off? Really?
at knock off, v.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: We wouldn’t have been nicked if you’d kept your mouth shut.
at nicked, adj.1
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act II: The coffin took a pasting, you know.
at pasting, n.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: None of your piss-taking. Is that understood?
at piss-taking, n.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: (He begins to screw down the lid of the coffin) Don’t want last squint, do you?
at squint, n.
[UK] J. Orton Loot Act I: The repair bill will be steep.
at steep, adj.
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