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[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: OK, so I’m a dosey-arsed bastid.
at dozey-arsed, adj.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused‘ Catching Up with Hist. 23: The avvo, the evenin avin a birrova kip.
at arvo, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: The bastids-ll call uz Baldy Ed (bald as a bleedin melling thee-ll say!).
at baldy, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Nights in Gardens of Spain’ Catching Up with Hist. 35: Hunchbacks, beanpoles, negro dwarves.
at beanpole, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused‘ Catching Up with Hist. 23: After arl the swigging an the bevvyin.
at bevvy, v.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: Mind you some bobby-dazzlers too!
at bobby-dazzler, n.1
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 21: Dreamin yer life away [...] before tuckin in t yer bacon butties.
at butty, n.2
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 23: The chucker-out looks like eez gunna yocker on uz.
at chucker-out, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 23: Gods onest trute, I woz creemin meself.
at cream, v.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 21: Tons of bleedin time [...] t’ juss dick around or not.
at dick (around) (v.) under dick, v.3
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 23: I don’t think I’d get my end away now anyroad.
at get one’s end away (v.) under end, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 24: Gettin orl gooey over the thort of a feel up / in the sand dunes.
at feel up, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: An yer not gettin one over on me neether!
at get over, v.1
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 21: Ders diss posh do wid lah-di-dah judies / janglin about ow thee once-t knew John Lenin.
at jangle, v.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 21: Ders diss posh do wid lah-di-dah judies.
at judy, n.1
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 24: Juss you see me in me dago kecks.
at kecks, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool’ Catching Up with Hist. 12: Christ our merchant prince, old money-bags in frockcoat, toffee-nosed, and well-to-do.
at moneybag(s) (n.) under money, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 23: Wot wud be the use if sum snotty-nosed Tilly Mint went an told yer y werent on afterorl?
at on, prep.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: Eer yare tart, wanna fotie?
at photie, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 21: The doss houses [...] where thee spew der rings up.
at spew one’s ring (v.) under ring, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: The arvo, the evenin avin a birrova kip / jerked off if ther jammy or praps shagged out.
at shagged (out) (adj.) under shag, v.1
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 23: Makes no odds. No skin off my nose.
at no skin off one’s nose under skin, n.1
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 23: So bleedin wot?
at so what?, phr.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 21: Its as soddin borin as someone avin der appendicks out.
at sodding, adj.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 23: Like seein yerself on ome videos pullin soft arsed faces.
at soft-arsed (adj.) under soft, adj.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 24: Do I go to the Sweeneys fer a short back-n-sides?
at sweeney, n.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Reader I Never Married Her’ Catching Up with Hist. 35: It’s whisky talking [...] I’m full of windy sentiment.
at it’s the beer talking under talk, v.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 24: Woorabowt me / all toney, kecks up to the knees at New Brighton.
at tony, adj.
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: Thee orl gorp at yiz as if yiv juss come over, callin yer a wally behind yer backs.
at wally, n.2
[UK] M. Simpson ‘Prufrock Scoused’ Catching Up with Hist. 22: The owld geezers on ther tod / smokin ther Woodies.
at woodie, n.1
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