1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 190: ‘Oh, get a life!’ said Valerie, slamming the area door.at get a life!, excl.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 187: They were a rag, tag and bobtail crew, shuffling along these immaculate paths.at rag, tag and bobtail, n.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 273: The pharmacy where his mother’s repeat prescription for barbs was regularly dispensed.at barbs, n.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 288: He wanted something with which to wash down two black beauties and a crystal methedrine. He needed pepping up.at black beauty (n.) under black, adj.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 130: A faint chance that he’d left a tab or even some blow – who was he kidding – in the pockets.at blow, n.3
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 111: She wasn’t the sort to pin your ears back and he despised her for her gentleness.at pin someone’s ears back (v.) under ear, n.1
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 130: A job that was big enough to keep you in rocks or that elephant dope for the rest of your life?at elephant (tranquillizer) (n.) under elephant, n.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 59: The meths and water mixture, cloudy white fluid the jacks men called milk.at jack, n.14
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 229: ‘Dig your elephants,’ he said, and then he said, ‘Jumbo, jumbo,’ and started laughing.at jumbo, n.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 3281: He’d never been interested in acid, microdot, mushrooms or any of that stuff.at microdot, n.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 59: The meths and water mixture, cloudy white fluid the jacks men called milk.at milk, n.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 266: He’d never asked his mother, but the answer probably was she was too shellacked to take him.at shellacked, adj.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 134: Maybe she was running short of cash [...] and thought soft soap might secure her a discount.at soft soap, n.
1996 R. Rendell Keys to the Street 283: He needed something to bring him down. Yellow jackets or Vs.at V, n.7