1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘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.
1984 ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 54: Bully for you, Tony.at bully for —! (excl.) under bully, adj.1
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘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
1984 ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 77: I knew she was carryin on with other fellers.at carry on, v.
1984 ‘Derek Raymond’ He Died with His Eyes Open 54: Christ, they din half carve him up.at carve up, v.
1984 ‘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.