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[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 39: As to who found her, I don’t give a tinker’s cuss.
at not care a tinker’s (curse), v.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 69: ‘I’ve seen a lot of bubbles coming out of it.’ [...] ‘Bubble and squeak,’ he said. Then a pause. ‘Greeks, right?’.
at bubble and squeak, n.2
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 68: A suit, you plonker. Whistle and flute, suit. Rhyming slang.
at whistle (and flute), n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 95: Cath Farraday’s going apeshit trying to calm those bastards down.
at go apeshit (v.) under apeshit, adj.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 146: Safe as bloody houses.
at ...houses under safe as..., adj.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 118: You’re about a bollock-hair’s breadth away from an official reprimand.
at ballock-hair (n.) under ballock, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 84: Christ, he could have saved himself a few bawbees.
at baubee, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 58: Know why we’re called the Old Bill? [...] Some say it’s because we’re named after a certain London landmark.
at Old Bill, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 69: ‘I’ve seen a lot of bubbles coming out of it.’ [...] ‘Bubble and squeak,’ he said. Then a pause. ‘Greeks, right?’.
at bubble, n.5
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 49: Made a fair old packet today, Rhona.
at fair, adj.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 31: He’s got form as long as your inside leg.
at form, n.1
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 36: Sometimes he gives me good gen.
at gen, n.2
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 122: She fuckin’ clocked me, didn’t she? Got me a good one, too. Couple of loose teeth.
at good one, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 134: The lunchtime edition will be hitting the streets.
at hit, v.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 50: This rozzer might be from Jockland, but he was every bit as oily as an East End old-timer.
at Jockland (n.) under Jock, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 137: He’s in for fraud, tax evasion [...] naughty kites, I mean, bad cheques.
at kite, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 141: We think it’s kosher.
at kosher, adj.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 50: For tuppence, he’d get up and stick the nut on the copper.
at stick the nut on (v.) under nut, n.1
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 92: Done his first prossie in Brick Lane.
at prossie, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 31: She was scared seven colours shitless.
at scared shitless (adj.) under scare, v.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 108: Sod off, you old fart.
at sod off! (excl.) under sod, v.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 142: Give Penny a tinkle.
at tinkle, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 50: This Jock, this rough-looking tosser in ill-fitting gear.
at tosser, n.1
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 135: He doubted she’d get much sleep for the next night or two, tranqs or not.
at trank, n.
[Scot] I. Rankin Wolfman 49: Kenny removed his hand from Samatha’s grip and held it out towards her father. ‘Wotcher.’.
at wotcher!, excl.
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