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[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 94: Getting him to tell a few lies for the defence as well as the prosecution is like falling off a log.
at easy as falling off a log, adj.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 177: He lacked tactics and strategies, and was betrayed and left like a shag on a rock by many of his so-called close personal friends.
at like a shag on a rock under like a..., phr.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 124: There is a group called the AB, taken from an American idea. It stands for Aryan Breed or Aryan Brotherhood.
at A.B., n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 95: The reason most guilty men walk free is because poor old mum and dad juries simply find the evidence impossible to believe.
at mum and dad, adj.2
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 154: The Apple Cucumber is to kill or capture your target by using a close friend or family member. I will give you an example. I wish to kill Mr X but Mr X is aware of the plot and is on guard. I steer an agent of mine into Mr X’s friend, in a pub, club or race track. My agent is always careful never to mention my name. Mr X’s friend and my man become great mates, drinking together, going to parties. My agent may even get to meet Mr X and they may all go out together. Eventually the friend will say to my agent, ‘Can I bring my mate with me?’. Bingo. I have Mr X where I want him. The agent tells me that Mr X will be at such and such a hotel at 6.30 that night. My agent meets them for a drink. He walks out one door, I walk in the other... and that’s the Apple Cucumber.
at apple cucumber, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 173: He wasn’t any deep, dark complex master murderer, he was a two bob cheap little arse wipe.
at arsewipe, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 138: I loved little Joe the Boss. He was mad as a hatter, but he was loyal to me.
at ...a hatter under mad as..., adj.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 15: I don’t think it is really blood-hatred racism but more a part of the ‘rough as guts’ Australian sense of humor, part of the Australian culture and attitude.
at ...guts under rough as..., adj.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 95: The Crown witnesses were frantic to have me put away for life.
at put away, v.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 49: The drag queen was as mad as a meat axe and about as dangerous.
at mad as a meat axe (adj.) under meat axe, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 112: He has a reputation as a [...] backdoor merchant who takes advantage of other men’s wives and girlfriends.
at back-door man (n.) under back-door, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 85: No crim could survive the baggings I’ve got.
at bag, v.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 25: Amos bailed out as well, after meeting Mad Micky.
at bail out, v.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 188: Anyone thinking that Haig is just a bible-bashing poofter is making a big mistake.
at bible-basher (n.) under bible, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 66: We’d drink coffee and eat Choc Royal bikkies.
at bikkie, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 133: Alex was the food billet.
at billet, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 55: I was the president of the Van Gogh club until Garry David cut his penis off [...] When the dicky birds start hitting the pavement I thought it was time to resign.
at dicky-bird, n.1
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 196: Had the automatic weapons been forthcoming, the 1977 dockies’ Christmas party would have been a blast in every sense of the word.
at blast, n.1
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 26: Back in 1987 Bojangles was the biggest bloodhouse in Melbourne.
at blood house (n.) under blood, n.1
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 12: One day there was a blow-up at home. Dad walked out.
at blow-up, n.1
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 113: The facts are that a limp wrist, two-bob pansy is a bum, whether he beats a murder blue or wins a Brownlow medal.
at blue, n.1
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 93: The accused walks, no blue, no problem, all is well.
at blue, n.4
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 13: Everyone I’ve ever moved against has been a bully boy, a two-bob tough guy.
at two-bob, adj.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 17: I was having some bother with some Abo cane cutters.
at bother, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 66: Now and then he would break out a small bottle of whisky.
at break out, v.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 112: As for ‘Bubble Brain’, if he has ever won a fight then I certainly haven’t heard about it.
at bubblehead, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 140: He was introduced to them by some young bucks he met in what he said was the Prince of Wales Light Horse Regiment.
at buck, n.1
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 25: A nut case crew of boys from the western suburbs.
at nut-case, adj.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside ix: [Intro] Read is a ‘character’: street smart, witty and good company.
at character, n.
[Aus] M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper From The Inside 190: Now and then we wash it down with a nice bottle of el cheapo plonk.
at el cheapo, adj.
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