1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 149: It [the water] would in fact freeze the balls off a brass monkey.at cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, phr.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 58: Mr Toner put a half-crown on the table and invited them to contribute some of their pocket money to the cause. Pocket money how are ye!at how are you!, excl.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 97: In the street of a thousand arseholes, / By the light of the swinging tit, / There lives a Chinese merchant, / By the name of Hoo Flung Shit.at arsehole, n.
1991 B.B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 96: She drew a breath, looked at them impatiently, and said: ‘Ah, ask me arse.’.at ask my...!, excl.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 99: A tough-looking man with [...] close-cropped red hair which earned him the nickname carrot-head.at carrothead (n.) under carrot, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 105: As Mr Toner was obviously the ‘chap’, they had no fears for him [...] the chap never gets killed in the pictures.at chap, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 51: He was the first to use ‘Corporation hairoil,’ or water, to achieve a quiff in his hair and was called a mickeydazzler because of it.at corporation hair-oil (n.) under corporation, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 99: He was always referring to Holy Joes and crawthumpers.at craw-thumper, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 81: Parents warned about ending up in such dead-end jobs if they didn’t do their eckers (homework) and study properly.at eccer, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 53: You can’t be let out on a simple message but one of you comes back in flitters.at flitter, v.
1991 (con. 1960s) B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 162: They’d catch up on girl cyclists wearing slacks and yell ‘emptyfork’ and the girls would screech back ‘Take more than youse to fill it’.at fork, n.1
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 84: The main hazard was Frenchie [...] his nickname came from his black beret, the kind that every cinematic French man wore.at Frenchie, n.1
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 35: They loved being there except when their Granny hawked and dropped a big gollyer in the spittoon beside her chair.at gollier, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 89: ‘Hey, oul’ Jimmy, does your mother know you’re out!’ ‘Go on, give her a goozer.’.at goozer, n.1
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 99: He was always referring to Holy Joes and crawthumpers.at holy Joe, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 46: What’s that when it’s at home? asked Joe sourly.at what’s that when it’s at home? under home, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 89: She was a stocky woman in her thirties, what Granda Hope would call ‘a fine hoult’.at hoult, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 64: Granda Hope caught her in his arms, swung her around and cried, ‘I never reared a jibber.’.at jibber, n.
1991 (con. 1960s) B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 59: Maisie McGee offered to swap a glimpse of her bum for a look at Damo Scully’s weewee man.at man, n.
1991 B. Quinn Smokey Hollow 158: Come on the whole shooting gallery of you. Gather your paraphernalia.at whole shooting match, the, phr.