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He Died with His Eyes Open choose

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[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 97: The govrnor’s kick-backs for copping a deaf ’un were too big.
at cop a deaf ’un (v.) under cop a..., v.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 113: It was the flat disinterest with which she looked at men, as if she didn’t give a tinker’s either way.
at not care a tinker’s (curse), v.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 111: ‘What’ll it be?’ [...] ‘Ring-a-ding’ He uncapped a bottle of Bell’s, got a glass and some ice and slapped the lot on the counter.
at ring-a-ding, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 33: Stick out like a sore thumb at a wedding.
at stick out like a sore thumb, v.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 55: You gotter say lick your arse, sir, touch the hat, bit of the abdabs, morning madam, fine day, then stick the old hand out for a bit of the dropsy.
at abdabs, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 132: You like giving orders, yet you don’t come the acid.
at come the (old) acid (v.) under acid, n.2
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 55: They’re only business cunts and that; they only want to be made to feel they’re something special [...] don’t cost the driver fuck all to feed em a bit.
at fuck all, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 24: Less of the casual cut and thrust, slap and tickle — more dedication to fact.
at slap and tickle, n.2
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 108: Of course you might get a bit of slap and tickle if you didn’t cooperate.
at slap and tickle, n.2
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 134: Christ [...] you’re chancing your arm. I’ve never heard anyone come on like that before.
at chance one’s arm (v.) under arm, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 56: I ad em give her the arries.
at give someone the ’arries (v.) under arries, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 69: E used to come in here. Pain in the arse. Name of Stan or something.
at pain in the arse, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 80: The work he was doing for us showed him his own talent. But there’s no room for that kind of thing at Auntie’s.
at Auntie, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 105: I’m beginning not to be very fond of you, Eric, which as far as you’re concerned is bad news.
at bad news, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 124: If Bowman dropped a bollock, he could usually blame someone under him.
at drop a ballock (v.) under ballock, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 77: She was a Banana girl — didn’t ave no mum or dad.
at Banana boy, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 25: There would have to be at least two of them, you can bank on that.
at bank on (v.) under bank, n.1
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 54: E’s got this sweet little business, pays off better’n any bird and it don’t talk back.
at bird, n.1
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 24: Next time you just throw any old unverified blag off on me over a case I’m handling, you might just have a stumble on your next flight to the top.
at blag, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 145: The bobby told me, ‘Let’s get clear of this, son, it’s bloody dangerous’.
at bobby, n.1
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 69: He was beaten to death with a hammer. [...] The knife went in, too, also the boot. [Ibid.] 106: I think you put the boot in, Eric.
at put the boot in (v.) under boot, the, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 119: I had to boss her, if I wanted to stay where I was with her.
at boss, v.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 32: One word from me to the boys over at Lewisham and bang goes your license.
at boys, the, n.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 54: Bully for you, Tony.
at bully for —! (excl.) under bully, adj.1
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 133: So then I appealed against sentence [...] and they bumped it up to seven.
at bump, v.1
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 11: He was a chief inspector at thirty-two, only recently bumped up to his rank.
at bump, v.1
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 87: The tortured points in the course of his life that had led him to cabbing a rusty old Maxi five nights a week.
at cab, v.1
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 77: I knew she was carryin on with other fellers.
at carry on, v.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 54: Christ, they din half carve him up.
at carve up, v.
[UK] ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 56: I was in the cats meat gaff a year back for my piles.
at cat’s meat gaff (n.) under cat’s meat, n.
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