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Neddy (1998) 264: The two cops witnessed it formally to make it look good, but really, it wasn’t worth a pinch of shit.at not worth a pinch of..., phr.
Neddy (1998) 264: The two cops witnessed it formally to make it look good, but really, it wasn’t worth a pinch of shit. Neddy (1998) 271: We had some good times there. The only problem I had was that I had some problem aiming up at brothels. I just couldn’t get to the mark at brothels, I don’t know why, I just couldn’t.at aim up, v.
Neddy (1998) 264: I evened the score 10 times over in the near future by leaving them out of three rip-offs that I did for more than six million dollars worth of hammer [heroin].at hammer and tack, n.
Neddy (1998) 130: Neville introduced us and we sat discussing racing. Rex told me that he had done his cash at the Saturday meeting – ‘he did his arse’ as he put it.at do one’s arse under arse, n.
Neddy (1998) 229: Soldiers were a dime a dozen, but thinkers that had enough dash in them – as well as brains – were like finding rocking horse shit.at rare as rocking horse manure, as, phr.
Neddy (1998) 198: How much he was going to charge my friend was worrying me: [the policeman] was a big asker. He was good at fixing blues, you got just what you paid for, but I thought he was going to charge him like a wounded bull.at asker, n.
Neddy (1998) 206: Tex nearly had a baby when he found out what I was up to.at have a baby (v.) under baby, n.
Neddy (1998) 178: At the time he didn’t have a clue who had attempted to shoot him. He was blaming a group of guys from Melbourne and was all set to go down there and back-up on them.at back up, v.3
Neddy (1998) 180: Then came my turn for a bake. ‘What about you, mate?’ he said. ‘How many have you killed? A dozen?’ ‘What is this, a game of twenty questions or what?’ ‘I have put plenty off, so I know what I’m doing.’.at bake, n.2
Neddy (1998) 266: You are fortunate there were a lot of police present when it took place and a lot of them went into bat for you when they were asked to give their versions of the incident.at go to bat for (v.) under bat, v.
Neddy (1998) 118: Church people tend to be innocent in such matters, but working in East Sydney, you’d have to be Blind Freddie not to realise it [organised crime] was there.at blind Freddie, n.
Neddy (1998) 131: It seems that I was spotted while I was paying Rex a visit. John Dowd and John Hatton [two anti-corruption MPs] put a blue on in the house over my association with Rex. [...] It hit the bloody headlines in all of the papers.at put a blue on (v.) under blue, n.4
Neddy (1998) 202: This guy got in touch with me asking could I do anything for him as he was cold [innocent] on the blue. The cops had just thrown him in for the fun of it, but he looked like getting fitted with it.at cold on a blue (adj.) under blue, n.1
Neddy (1998) 163: I was relieved that he wasn’t blueing.at blue, v.3
Neddy (1998) 152: Daly was blueing on me.at blue, v.3
Neddy (1998) 235: All you had to do was watch the police and the van drive away and then go ahead and rob the payroll. I’m not blueing about it. It made my job easier, so why would I complain?at blue, v.3
Neddy (1998) 186: I was accused [i.e. by the media] of every murder that happened between 1975 and 1989. [...] I know how the Australian dingo feels. Thank Christ the dingo was around to wear the blue for Azaria Chamberlain or they would have tried to pin it on me.at wear the blue (v.) under blue, n.4
Neddy (1998) 255: The reason for charging Peter was in case this guy had some cop sweet who could check whether anyone was really arrested that day, or whether it was a bodgie pinch.at bodgie, adj.
Neddy (1998) 200: We had quite a lot to drink. Belinda wanted to go to the disco at the City of Sydney RSL. We decided to go with her and box on drinking.at box on, v.
Neddy (1998) 146: He went straight to meet the Chinese and got buckled [arrested] for his trouble. He was charged with importing heroin and got 15 years for it.at buckle, v.
Neddy (1998) 234: There were shoplifters, armed robbers, bust men [professional burglars] – there was someone from nearly every type of crime drinking there.at bustman (n.) under bust, n.
Neddy (1998) 198: How much he was going to charge my friend was worrying me: [the policeman] was a big asker. He was good at fixing blues, you got just what you paid for, but I thought he was going to charge him like a wounded bull.at charge like a wounded bull (v.) under charge, v.1
Neddy (1998) 239: It was going to cost me another $5000 to ensure that the two statements made by the eyewitnesses would vanish. I thought this was a cold stamp [a deceitful attempt to extort money] and I told [the policeman] so.at cold, adj.
Neddy (1998) 226: I told him I’d seen the doctor that morning and I had cancer. Well, Abo came in like Flynn – he even got upset over it.at come in (like Flynn) (v.) under come, v.1
Neddy (1998) 247: You know me, Murray, I don’t like fuck-ups. I will not cop anyone trying to dud me by handing me different gear than the sample.at cop, v.
Neddy (1998) 307: Being the nice easy-going smooth-talker that I’m not, I cut into Tom right away. ‘Listen here, you big-mouthed dog, did you tell Abo that I gave you up?’.at cut into, v.
Neddy (1998) 168: The dog squad [NSW surveillance police, named ‘dogs’ because they follow people around] were good at their job, too. I knew most of the dogs. I used to drink with them and I had a few friends in the squad.at dog, n.2
Neddy (1998) 205: The next day I fronted with [a solicitor and barrister] at the internal affairs branch and dropped the bucket on [the copper]. I told them exactly what he was planning to do about loading me up.at drop the bucket on (v.) under drop, v.1
Neddy (1998) 100: Bill, you are too dangerous, talking on the phone all the time. Pull up or I will have to drop off you for good.at drop off, v.2
Neddy (1998) 247: You know me, Murray, I don’t like fuck-ups. I will not cop anyone trying to dud me by handing me different gear than the sample. [Ibid.] 264: Jones reported back to [the policeman], and they came up with a plan to ensure they didn’t get dudded.at dud, v.2
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