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‘Lunch with Mr. Biddle’ Wartime Stories (1999) 52: A Provençal way of cooking chicken that his housekeeper really didn’t boggle too badly, considering that she leaves out the truffles and the butter.at boggle, v.
‘Lunch with Mr. Biddle’ Wartime Stories (1999) 52: A Provençal way of cooking chicken that his housekeeper really didn’t boggle too badly, considering that she leaves out the truffles and the butter. ‘Fin de Siécle’ in Wartime Stories (1999) 67: ‘Safe as houses’ was a maxim which meant nothing nowadays with the dust drifting round London.at ...houses under safe as..., adj.
‘Battle of the Greeks’ Wartime Stories (1999) 63: Daddy says that if the Americans came over and fought, we’d have the Nasties beaten before the end of the year.at nasties, n.
‘Battle of the Greeks’ Wartime Stories (1999) 62: As Daddy says, it’s not the poor things’ fault that they can’t speak the King’s English proper. We should look nice fools, Mrs. Twistle, parleyvooing in Athens, no doubt.at parleyvoo, v.
‘War Among Strangers’ Wartime Stories (1999) 100: I don’t trust them yellow monkeys, them Japanese.at yellow, adj.
‘Cur Down the Trees’ Wartime Stories (1999) 146: You don’t want England populated with nothing but old crocks like you and me, do you?at crock, n.2
‘Cut Down the Trees’ Wartime Stories (1999) 148: ‘Yeah,’ he said, ‘yeah, Queen Mary. She’s another grand old guy.’.at guy, n.2
‘It’s the Reaction’ in Wartime Stories (1999) 134: Go off down to the country [...] and for God’s sake relax. If you don’t, you’re for the ministry of heebie-jeebies – in plain English, darling, a breakdown.at heebie-jeebies, n.
‘The Danger’ Wartime Stories (1999) 170: Their small, sharp faces solemn as they hoofed in almost perfect unison on the gravel.at hoof, v.
‘The Danger’ Wartime Stories (1999) 170: She’s a shocker. You’ll have to get rid of her, Mother.at shocker, n.
(con. 1940s) in Wartime 110: Such surely had frequent recourse to ‘the old five-fingered widow,’ as one of the NCOs [...] puts it.at five-fingered widow (n.) under five-finger(ed), adj.
(con. WWII) Wartime 93: ‘How are things up ahead, mate?’ ‘’Kin ’ell.’.at ’kin ’ell!, excl.
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