Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Quotation search

Date

 to 

Country

Author

Source Title

Source from Bibliography

To War With Whitaker choose

Quotation Text

[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 12 Oct. To War With Whitaker (1994) 8: Dulcie made a tremendous fart, plunged forward and departed at a gallop with Whitaker clutching the saddle.
at fart, n.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 28 Feb. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 21: When I asked what Cairo was like he said, ‘A filthy, Frenchy, modern town – an ancient, elegant, primitive city’.
at Frenchie, adj.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 10 Apr. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 85: Doctor Moore says I have gyppy tummy and chicken pox.
at gyppy tummy, n.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 16 Nov. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 113: Maybe military high-ups don’t talk and listen enough to the young.
at high-up, n.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 2 Jan. To War With Whitaker (1994) 117: Your gear is still inferior to the enemy’s.
at gear, n.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 2 Jan. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 117: Too many senior officers are sitting on their arses at GHQ.
at sit on one’s ass (v.) under sit on, v.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 26 May in To War With Whitaker (1994) 131: I said it may become difficult to obtain elastic girdles and that bras are very dependent on elastic, but I dodged mentioning needs further south.
at south, adj.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 2 Jan. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 117: The trouble is your top brass are overconfident [...] your gear is still inferior to the enemy’s.
at top brass (n.) under top, adj.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 2 Dec. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 203: ‘Me,’ I replied and asked him to buzz off as I had work to do.
at buzz off, v.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 22 Oct. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 290: Ee, by goom I was in such a fuss.
at by gum! (excl.) under gum, n.2
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 10 Mar. To War With Whitaker (1994) 219: He gave me billy hell.
at billy hell (n.) under hell, n.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 22 Oct. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 290: The missus will be over the moon.
at over the moon (adj.) under moon, n.
[UK] H. Ranfurly diary 19 Jan. in To War With Whitaker (1994) 213: American military police – called Snowdrops because of their white helmets – ask to see our passes incessantly.
at snowdrop, n.
no more results