1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 8: I watched him with the pitiful interest a sound man always feels for the down-and-outer.at down-and-outer, n.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 49: It’s only we who have lived at the back of beyond who run across them.at back of beyond (n.) under back, adv.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 139: And then to find he’d blown his brains out. Bad show.at bad show! (excl.) under bad, adj.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 139: Well, I’m blowed!at I’ll be blowed! (excl.) under blowed, adj.1
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 141: He used to take our chaffing in the mildest way, blinking amiably at us from behind his spectacles.at chaffing, n.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 47: Cleaned me out, Leyton [...] Ten thousand francs, my boy.at clean out, v.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 59: I don’t go in for opium or coke or any other rotten dope.at coke, n.1
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 118: Don’t you think, Dick, that that radiographer was just a little too damn foolish to be quite genuine?at damn, adv.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 27: Well, what the deuce did he want to barge me in the back for?at what the deuce...?, phr.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 71: There’s a dude that calls himself Hildebrand wandering around.at dude, n.1
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 30: I think, old son [...] that we have euchred the dear Baron.at euchre, v.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 71: ‘Holy Moses!’ he muttered.at holy Moses! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 85: You laid him out as stiff as a piece of frozen mutton.at lay out, v.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 71: Six of you – all drinking – would fairly put the lid on.at put the lid on (v.) under lid, n.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 185: You don’t mean to say they’ve gone and messed it up?at mess up, v.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 80: And he’s my pard, you son of a gun – don’t you forget it!at pard, n.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 60: There’s a dollar for the whisky. And if you don’t like the price you can take your poison away and throw it down the sink.at poison, n.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 30: One thing the Baron did do with gusto, he punished the excellent South Sussex champagne.at punish, v.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 74: You’ve got guts; you’ve got nerve, and I want to apologise here and now for ragging you.at rag, v.1
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 188: You’re right, old Dick. I did rat this morning. I’ve never been in such a funk in my life.at rat, v.2
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 185: ‘What on earth were you doing there?’ ‘Buying hats, silly, and other things.’.at silly, n.1
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 86: You’d better think out a good epitaph [...] Something snappy and original.at snappy, adj.
1923 ‘Sapper’ Jim Maitland (1953) 112: ‘Sure thing, Mr. Maitland,’ answered the other.at sure thing!, excl.