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Emerald Square 310: I did not give a tinker’s curse where I died, as long as I did not live long enough to grow old.at not care a tinker’s (curse), v.
Emerald Square 310: I did not give a tinker’s curse where I died, as long as I did not live long enough to grow old. (con. 1930s) Emerald Square 137: Kevin O’Connell, a big thick [...] got above himself and warned me if I bumped into him again, I was ‘for it’.at get above oneself (v.) under above oneself, adj.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 126: On Tuesday morning when I put on the act, Mam swallowed it.at put on an act (v.) under act, n.
Emerald Square 143: Sloppy Molly was nuts about her father’s new assistant. Nobody ever caught them acting the linnet or anything like that, but it was the very lack of any bit of flirting in public, that put them on to Molly.at act the linnet, v.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 20: My mother could act quickly and courageously when she was up against it.at up against, phr.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 178: I felt strangely attracted to this man, even though he was supposed to be ‘not all there’.at not all there, adj.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 219: ‘Did yeh get a piece a’ the lad?’ ‘The lad’, I might mention, was cheap, fatty American bacon.at American lad (n.) under American, adj.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 103: And he had poor Col’ by the big brown ones. If he said he did not know, he would be punished for being stupid.at have someone/something by the short and curlies (v.) under short and curlies, n.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 122: Oul’ Byrne could shove it, I thought, shove it up her arse sideways from this on.at shove it up your arse!, excl.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 83: I [...] nearly went arse over kick into the quarry.at arse over kick under arse, n.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 78: His work on this earth was done, we were all to pray for him ... ‘Me arse, like,’ said Ernie.at my arse! (excl.) under arse, n.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 283: The Tommies jumped out of the hedge and caught the lot of us.at Tommy Atkins, n.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 43: Bang-Bang had bailed up a dude gambler from Rathgar against the trees outside the public lavvo.at bail up, v.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 262: This was a great exam. I was having a ball.at have a ball (v.) under ball, n.3
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 115: My cousin Paddy [...] endorsed my opinion by informing me that ‘his bollix is an unmerciful size’.at ballocks, n.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 197: An’ I got this honest, burstin’ me bangers up in the brickworks. [Ibid.] 199: For gas I looked up ‘testicles’. ‘Male reproductive glands’ it said. So now I knew. Your bangers!at bangers, n.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 260: I thought Lanagan was all piss and wind, like the Barber’s cat, and I was in no way afraid of him.at barber’s cat (n.) under barber, n.1
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 165: The Dublin bus driver knew them all and barricked them.at barrack, v.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 168: ‘Bet from the drink,’ Mag whispered.at beat, adj.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 139: I shot in and gave him a beauty under the other eye.at beauty, n.1
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 22: Once or twice, an angry voice roared at my mother. ‘Get the bejasus out of it ...’.at bejazus, n.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 176: He would stand, head down like an old bull, roaring, stick raised, and frighten the bejasus out of her.at scare the bejazus out of (v.) under bejazus, n.
Emerald Square 250: Broken under a sustained reign of terror by the good Brothers, who kept themselves warm on the coldest day, beating the bejesus out of some poor little Liberties boy.at bejazus, n.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 80: ‘Bejasus,’ said Ernie between his teeth, ‘if you split to the feckin’ master, I’ll bloody well kill yeh.’.at bejazus!, excl.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 320: We had finally made it, got him off the job and bested the Oul’ Fella!at best, v.
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 269: I was daft about her and she about me. In the ‘slanguage’ of the ’twenties, she was my ‘big moment’ and I was hers!at big moment (n.) under big, adj.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 136: Then came the black Maria, loaded with police.at Black Maria, n.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 145: It did not take us long to fill our cans [...] and being full up with ‘blackers’ – one for me, one for the can – we decided to explore the house.at blackers (n.) under black, adj.
(con. 1930s) Emerald Square 143: He had the ‘Blarney’ too, by the bucket full.at blarney, n.1
(con. 1920s) Emerald Square 95: To wait, with a pile of sods, for some grown up ‘jazzers’ [...] who, all blemmed up, were heading for the Fountain Picture House in James Street.at blem (up), v.
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