1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 17: What’s your opinion, Brownie? You’re a bloke who’s knocked about a bit.at knock about, v.1
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 177: That hungry-gutted mob will swallow theirs straight and be asking for backups.at back up, n.1
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 3: Some sort of pub or lodgin’ house – not a silvertail joint, but not a bloodhouse, either.at blood house (n.) under blood, n.1
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 177: If you’re a fish-eater don’t drag the chain. There’s red rock schnapper for breakfast.at drag the chain (v.) under drag, v.1
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 52: Snorter might talk over a beer in an East Perth sly-groggery, but not in a prison cell.at sly-grog, n.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 21: Western Australians are known as Sandgropers; but come on, Bob! Tell us how Victorians got the name of Gumsuckers.at sand-groper, n.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 137: He’s that swelled-headed [...] that he thinks he’s got more power than the Commissioner.at swell-headed, adj.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 28: I heard down town that Shanghai Pete is opening up again [...] I ought to lay Brownie on to that.at lay on, v.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 32: Those blokes in the shypoo bar the other night just got my goat.at shypoo joint (n.) under shypoo, n.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 3: Some sort of pub or lodgin’ house – not a silvertail joint.at silvertail, adj.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 144: It ain’t going to pay anybody to skull-drag me back for a lousy hundred and forty quid.at skull drag (v.) under skull, n.1
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 29: Any ‘Top-Ender’ who wanted an hotel booking, a tip for the races [...] could wire A.B. McCabe.at top end (n.) under top, adj.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 14: ‘I think it opens at half-past eight.’ This was a whopper; it wouldn’t be open until the ropes were cast off.at whopper, n.
1961 T. Ronan Only a Short Walk 18: What did this mob of wool-barbers and tar-boys know about murder?at wool barber (n.) under wool, n.1