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[Aus] K. Tennant Tell Morning This (1967) 197: I done you a good turn [...] I took you in when you hadn’t a stitch, when you were bottle-green and lousy from sleeping in parks.
at bottlegreen and lousy, adj.
[Aus] K. Tennant Tell Morning This (1967) 201: It’s a no-hoper’s jail—a lot of old warbs and kids mixed up with coves like Amos the Cannibal and chaps that razors bounce off.
at no-hoper, n.
[Aus] K. Tennant Tell Morning This (1967) 395: You’ve only got to put it to a girl on the beat that you’re just out of stir and flat broke and she won’t see you left. If she’s slinging it to someone already, she’ll send you along to another girl who isn’t, and you’ll have a room a few quid and a hell of a lot of kindness. I’m no bludger, see? I’m no Red Bob, but I’ve no time for these loud-mouthed larrikins that despise a girl because she’s dumb enough to fall for them.
at red bob (n.) under red, adj.
[Aus] K. Tennant Tell Morning This (1967) 395: You’ve only to put it to a girl on the beat that you’re just out of stir and flat broke and she won’t see you left. If she’s slinging it to someone already, she’ll send you along to another girl who isn’t, and you’ll have a room and a few quid and a hell of a lot of kindness.
at sling (it) to (v.) under sling, v.
[Aus] K. Tennant Tell Morning This 283: Soon’s they knew you was in with Numismata, they all want to piss in your pocket.
at piss in someone’s pocket (v.) under piss, v.
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