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[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 210: I always thought I lived in the back of beyond.
at back of beyond (n.) under back, adv.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 158: ‘You’re some boyo,’ Petie leered.
at boyo, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 55: ‘Mad frigger,’ Black John sneered.
at frigger, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 178: ‘Go to fuck,’ she spat the words at me.
at go to fuck! (excl.) under fuck, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 180: What the blue fuck did you mean?
at what the fuck...?, phr.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 184: Just keep your head down for a while.
at keep one’s head down (v.) under head, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 1343: It’s lashing rain out there.
at lash, v.1
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 55: Aunt Nell told me that the Gunner had been taken to a place called ‘the Mental’ for treatment.
at mental, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 42: Bad boys. They peg stones at me when they get close enough.
at peg, v.1
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 46: Prods have faces like monkey’s holes.
at Prod, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 37: ‘Don’t be a scaredy shite,’ he warned.
at scaredy-cat (n.) under scare, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 35: ‘Blind skitter,’ he roared.
at skitter, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 138: ‘I’m a bit of a dry stick,’ she warned.
at dry stick (n.) under stick, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 167: Messages had been scrawled between the metal ridges – ‘Wacko loves Tina.’.
at whacko, n.
[Ire] P. Quigley Borderland 61: I’ll teach you to laugh at me, you yalla skitter.
at yellow, adj.
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