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[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 10/3: It was this clandestine operation, codenamed Edzell, that became the most infamous honey trap in legal history.
at honey-trap (n.) under honey, n.1
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 3 Dec. n.p.: Chairing a debate [...] he lost the run of himself entirely.
at lose the run of (v.) under lose, v.
[Ire] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 3 Dec. n.p.: They played the poor mouth despite mounting a well-funded, highly devious, and very effective campaign [BS].
at poormouth, n.
[Ire] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 3 Dec. n.p.: After an interminable wait, without as much as a cup of scald on offer [BS].
at scald, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) Apr. n.p.: I am on the point of ordering the second wing that birds are supposed to fly on [BS].
at bird never flew on one wing, a under bird, n.1
[Ire] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 21 April n.p.: The men exchange reminiscences about the time they got fluthered at one sports event or another [BS].
at fluthered, adj.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 31 Aug. 35/1: I sense that the caller has come within an aim’s ace of telling me it is no wonder I never amounted to anything.
at within ambs-ace of under ambs-ace, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) Living & Leisure 1 June 11L/2: Beefcake, the thing that men always think we fancy.
at beefcake (n.) under beef, n.1
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) Living & Leisure 1 June 11L/2: These women are bonkable and soothing to a fragile ego.
at bonkable (adj.) under bonk, v.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) Living & Leisure 1 June 11L/1: Sex appeal is about personality, charisma, charm, wit and bonkability.
at bonkability (n.) under bonk, v.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) Living & Leisure 1 June 11L/2: Men imagining that deeply tanned, cheesy, muscled blokes are sexy.
at cheesy, adj.1
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 24 Feb. 49/5: I bought a paper shredder and [...] Wooster came within an aim’s ace of getting his whiskers caught in it.
at within ambs-ace of under ambs-ace, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) Living 26 Sept. 8/1: I’ve decided i need to get me a Sugar Mama and have someone else pick up the cheque.
at sugar mama, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 2 May 14/2: Tall poppy syndrome. They just want to cut people like you and Denis down.
at tall poppy (n.) under tall, adj.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) Living 26 Sept. 8/1: My friend Mike, a pretty 23-year-old trolley dolly [...] has just got himself a new boyfriend.
at trolley-dolly (n.) under trolley, n.
[Ire] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 21 Oct. 19/4: I have an appointment with the lovely actress/novelist Karen Ardiff — and never you mind why, you disgusting old man; it wasn’t that kind of andramartin — or Andrew Martin when it's at home.
at andramartins, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (S. Afr.) Dispatches 27 Jan. 14: Back in Baghdad [...] Mohammed couldn’t sleep because the ‘big ass’ mortars that rained down [...] made too much noise.
at big-ass, adj.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (S.Afr.) Life section 27 Jan. 2: He wants to prove he can fix it faster than your eyes can follow him [...] to make more money out of another befuddled BC (before computers) twit.
at B.C., adj.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. 1: Jo’burg’s uncertain future.
at Joburg, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (S. Afr.) Culture 27 Jan. 11: Exhilarating ride with DC’s slick motor-mouth.
at motormouth, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (S.Afr.) 27 Jan. 12: Gordin, being a male chauvinist oinker of the worst sort [...] was somewhat taken aback.
at oinker, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (S.Afr.) Culture 27 Jan. 11: The movie becomes obsessed with the theme of ‘keeping it real’.
at keep it real (v.) under real, adj.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (S. Afr.) Culture 27 Jan. 11: He’s hot-wired with the joy of running his mouth.
at run one’s mouth (off) (v.) under run, v.
[SA] Sun. Independent (SA) 13 Mar. 1: [headline] Fat Cats Coin It.
at fat cat, n.
[SA] Sun. Independent (SA) 13 Mar. 26: [headline] Windies Wary of Dutch Guile.
at Windies, n.
[SA] Sun. Indep. (Dublin) 20 July 106: Not to mention spending holidays to think about someone else’s needs in a caravan in Ballygobackwards, rather than your own.
at Ballygobackwards, n.
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