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The Good Companions choose

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[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 210: Let me ’ave a few or a bit o’ tinned salmon last thing, and I’m off, all night. [Ibid.] 422: I saw yon Morton Mitcham coming out of a pub and I could see he’d had a few.
at have a few (v.) under few, a, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 24: Ted [...] admitted that he knocked about a bit and knew a thing or two.
at know a thing or two, v.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 345: Nah, that’s a bit of all right, Mrs. Cullin.
at bit of all right, a, phr.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 24: Ted [...] admitted that he knocked about a bit and knew a thing or two.
at knock about, v.1
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 585: I wouldn’t have minded so much if he hadn’t been so Smart Alecky about it.
at smart-aleck, adj.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 350: ‘All my eye and Betty Martin!’ muttered Mr. Oakroyd.
at all my eye and Betty Martin, phr.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 350: It’s all me eye.
at all my eye, phr.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 355: If the police had got hold of that letter, it might be all up with him.
at all up with under all up, adj.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 618: Trouble-and-strife, eh? Bad, eh?
at trouble and strife, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 119: I don’t want any bloody argy-bargying.
at argy-bargy, v.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 467: She’s safe as houses here now – can’t lose.
at ...houses under safe as..., adj.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 413: If this is a the-ater, give me them pavillions and kursaals ivvery time. This is nowt but a rag-bag.
at rag bag, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 540: There’s bags of money in it, as you know, bags and bags.
at bags (of), n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 282: ‘This beats t’band, this does.’ And he chuckles.
at beat the band (v.) under band, n.2
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 377: ‘Well, I’ll be –’ Joe did not say what he would be, but simply blew out his breath.
at I’ll be!, excl.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 344: If somebody had told me that a carpenter from Shuddersford could be beastly nosey, just like a woman, I wouldn’t have believed them.
at beastly, adv.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 329: It oughter go big.
at go big (v.) under big, adv.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 605: There they are, falling in love all over again like billy-oh.
at like billy-o (adv.) under billy-o, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 527: There’s a bit o’ calling out o’ t’back [...] Giving t’bird they call it.
at give someone a/the (big) bird (v.) under bird, n.2
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 404: I thowt she was bitching ’erself up all along.
at bitch up, v.1
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 17: Good biz, good biz! Got a rise meself last week. Good biz!
at good biz! (excl.) under biz, n.1
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 370: He’s been reading penny bloods.
at blood, n.1
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 531: ‘Mistake!’ roared the man [...] ‘They’re making the biggest bloomer I ever heard of.’.
at bloomer, n.2
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 127: Eh, but I was a gert blunderhead!
at blunderhead, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 207: Nar, for two blurry pins–!
at blurry, adj.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 341: She’s a decent clean little body, and friendly like.
at body, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 230: ‘I’d make a book, go in the ring.’ [...] ‘Be a bookie, eh?’.
at book, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 530: Bootin’ ’em a bit, eh?
at boot, v.1
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 524: That time big Jim Summers started ’is bit o’ bother.
at bother, n.
[UK] J.B. Priestley Good Companions 613: I’ll tell yer what I know for George ’ere, but yer don’t put me in the box, see?
at box, n.1
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