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The Boy, The Bridge, The River choose

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[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 130: He shook it out under the light from above the table in the bach.
at bach, n.
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 67: Give us a decker at yer war wound.
at decker, n.1
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 107: A french letter, you know, a frog, stuck in her throat like a fishbone.
at frog, n.4
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 69: A neighbour swore he’d seen Dip mooching round his missus.
at mooch, v.
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 81: He gave the Buffs up soon enough, ‘Lot of mouthers,’ he said.
at mouth, n.
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 115: He had told the boys he’d be out at the lake by nine, it was no good getting up on the skis if you felt poked.
at poked (adj.) under poke, v.
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 130: ‘It had better be good weather then,’ Latty agreed. ‘You can put a ring round that,’ Len said.
at put a ring around (v.) under ring, n.
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 131: You don’t want them to think you’re swanking about in it.
at swank, v.
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 97: The old case of tickling the peter.
at tickle the peter (v.) under tickle, v.
[NZ] V.G. O’Sullivan Boy, The Bridge, The River 76: Nobody’s going to leave those whoppers for long, Janey.
at whopper, n.
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