1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 15: ‘All my eye!’ said the old mouse.at all my eye, phr.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 65: He turned in from the road and smoked up the track at a hell of a bat.at bat, n.3
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 45: ‘Damn!’ cried Mr Lotus. ‘Botheration!’ said Mrs Lotus.at botheration!, excl.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 2: The cabby was so shocked at hearing a dog speak he ran his cab up on the footpath.at cabby, n.1
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 67: [He] went off with the rag, at his fast clip.at clip, n.3
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 61: That’s a bit of a curly one, bud.at curly one (n.) under curly, adj.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 78: My mother cut up when she heard. ‘Wasting money when it could have gone into the house.’.at cut up, v.1
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 66: He was a real grafter and he dug holes about three times as fast as we did, though we weren’t the ones to lie down on the job.at lay down (on one’s/the job) (v.) under lay down, v.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 65: As he got closer, we saw he was too tall to be a Pong or an Eyetoe.at eyeto, n.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 65: It didn’t sound like English to us but more like Pong yabber or Eyetoe or Dago gibberish.at eyeto, n.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 45: ‘What gives?’ he cried happily. ‘Lead me to a feed—I always work up an appetite in space.’.at feed, n.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 17: A greyhound flummoxed me out of eight and a half.at flummox, v.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 45: ‘What gives?’ he cried happily. ‘Lead me to a feed — I always work up an appetite in space.’.at what gives? under give, v.3
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 66: He was a real grafter and he dug holes about three times as fast as we did, though we weren’t the ones to lie down on the job.at grafter, n.2
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 64: Has your boss a wife, bud? [...] You could make him mad if you hung your hat up there.at hang one’s hat up (v.) under hang, v.2
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 16: [He] fell over on his back with funk, mizzled out the door, out of the house and kept on going.at mizzle, v.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 66–7: The boss muttered something about bloody nuisances and mooched off.at mooch, v.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 32: Can’t be much in it if those nitwits can do it.at nitwit, n.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 46: Look a bit peaky, both of you. I’ll take you in hand. Long bouncy walks for both of you will be the cure.at peaky, adj.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 65: As he got closer, we saw he was too tall to be a Pong or an Eyetoe [...] It didn’t sound like English to us but more like Pong yabber or Eyetoe or Dago gibberish.at pong, n.2
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 50: I’m sick to death of visitors...push off!at push off (v.) under push, v.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 66: Down each cheek he wore long side-levers but he might have had something wrong with his skin.at side levers (n.) under side, adj.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 65: He turned in from the road and smoked up the track at a hell of a bat.at smoke, v.2
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 1: ‘Excuse me, but I forgot this,’ he said, snaffling the bone and bolting outside again.at snaffle, v.
1958 D. Stivens Scholarly Mouse and other Tales 67: We had a hard squiz at the back of his neck.at squiz, n.