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The Doughman choose

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[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 103: There would be impossible parking—from Mr Hobson’s blue limousine to Charley Pepper’s uncertain-cylindered ‘baby’.
at baby, n.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 75: You’re a crawling little loafer and a dirty back-talker.
at back-talk, v.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 34: Fat old forty-year Hodgeson [...] the chap with what our Boss calls a front-balcony balloon.
at balcony, n.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 20: ‘Bug-wug!’ ejaculated Jo Jim [...] ‘You’re just the dizzy limit.’.
at bug wit (n.) under bug, n.4
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 20: The way you harp on Honesty, and you the bull’s-wool artist from the Devil’s Sunday School!
at bull’s wool, n.2
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 118: I have always found him an honest man, and you know he’s a chapel-warmer!
at chapel-warmer (n.) under chapel, n.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 44: Rotten old Shabbyguts!
at -guts, sfx
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 54: ‘It’s History!’ returned the other sharply, correctively.
at be history under history, n.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 34: I’ve got all youse dames taped off, believe me! Was out with a different Jane six nights last week.
at jane, n.2
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 188: ‘I knew!’ was all the other answered. ‘You maggot!’ exclaimed Tunk.
at maggot, n.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 151: A gelded old moke, he called me!
at moke, n.1
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 206: ‘Run along and hurry up those Viennas.’ [...] ‘Push me pink, I will!’ answered Dicky.
at push me pink! (excl.) under push, v.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 41: ‘What with one thing and another,’ he cried, ‘I’ll soon be in the rat-house!’.
at rathouse (n.) under rat, n.1
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 20: I’d like your old tiddly-winkin’ job. Easy run?
at tiddlywinking, adj.
[Aus] R. Tate Doughman 29: ‘Bah!’ retorted the Sheik [...] ‘Enough o’ that! [...] you pink-ribboned Tom-cat!’.
at tomcat, n.2
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