1942 A. Gwynn-Browne F.S.P. 49: Eric he said this mucking bastard is saying he knows you, the mucking hell he does said Eric show me the mucking bastard muck his mucking walls.at mucking, adj.
1947 S. Selvon ‘Boomerang’ Foreday Morning (1989) 84: The truth is I am the brains of this two man gang, see, and unless I do the thinking, we starve.at brain, n.1
1950 S. Selvon ‘Finding Piccadilly Circus’ Foreday Morning (1989) 123: He only come to see [...] if he could introduce some wapee and sebby-lebby and bounce-dice to the hot boys over here.at wapee, n.
1952 S. Selvon ‘Calypsonian’ Foreday Morning (1989) 148: Every day he there by the tailorshop, sitting down on a soapbox and talking balls whole day.at balls, n.
1952 S. Selvon ‘Calypsonian’ in Bim V 17 in Selvon (1989) 146: The best way is to play brassface [...] and walk out cool. [Ibid.] 152: All you have to do is play boldface, and you could commit murder and get away free.at play boldface (v.) under boldface, adj.
1952 S. Selvon ‘Calypsonian’ Foreday Morning (1989) 143: It don’t take plenty to make a tief. All you have to do now is have a fellar catching his royal, and can’t get a work noway, and bam! By the time he make two rounds he bounce something somewhere.at bounce, v.1
1952 S. Selvon ‘Calypsonian’ in Bim V 17 in Selvon (1989) 150: Look you make me chook my hand with that blasted needle.at juke, v.2
1952 S. Selvon ‘Calypsonian’ Bim V 17 in Selvon (1989) 149: He laugh kiff-kiff and give Rahamut a pat on the back.at kif, adj.
1952 S. Selvon ‘Calypsonian’ Foreday Morning (1989) 143: It don’t take plenty to make a tief. All you have to do now is have a fellar catching his royal, and can’t get a work noway, and bam! By the time he make two rounds he bounce something somewhere.at catch one’s royal (v.) under royal, n.1
1952 S. Selvon ‘Calypsonian’ in Bim V 17 in Selvon (1989) 151: If you tiefing, you might as well tief big.at t’ief, v.