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[UK] W.H. Pearson Coal Flat 108: You’ve got a blimmin’ cheek, haven’t you?
at blimin, adj.
[UK] W.H. Pearson Coal Flat 111: They should give him the Order of the Boot.
at order of the boot (n.) under boot, the, n.
[UK] W.H. Pearson Coal Flat 63: They had called him ‘the Doolan bugger’–Doolan on their tongues meant an Irish Catholic.
at doolan, n.
[UK] W.H. Pearson Coal Flat 149: You watch yourself, Flora! He’s a fast worker in the dark!
at fast worker (n.) under fast, adj.1
[UK] W.H. Pearson Coal Flat 111: Like Bob Semple used to say about hit-and-run drivers-give them their running shoes.
at give someone (their) running shoes (v.) under running shoes, n.
[UK] W.H. Pearson Coal Flat 138: Doing overtime. Scabbing on the union.
at scab, v.
[UK] W.H. Pearson Coal Flat 147: He’s the biggest drunk in this town, biggest sheik too.
at sheik, n.1
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