1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 257: ‘I’m opening tomorrow in Peter Pan.’ ‘Break a leg,’ said Hood.at break a leg!, excl.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 65: These rich people – they’re messing the other ones about, and like the other ones don’t have anything.at mess about, v.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 47: ‘Stop getting at me,’ said Mayo. Angry she lost her slight Irish accent.at get at, v.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 165: It’s unlucky to badmouth the dead. Even if they are fuckers.at badmouth, v.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 253: ‘I’ve got a tough one for you.’ ‘I’ll bet you do,’ said McGravy [...] ‘A real ball-breaker, right?’.at ball-breaker, n.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 273: You got me out of bed this morning. What’s the big idea?at what’s the (big) idea?, phr.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 230: ‘Eyes front,’ said Murf. ‘It’s Bill’. A policeman in a helmet [...] was coming towards them.at Bill, the, n.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 173: Five pounds on Number Three – to win. [...] Now watch that bitch run.at bitch, n.1
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 161: The bitch, the whore, the nag, the shrew: they lived in the actress, she gave them voice.at bitch, n.1
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 39: Often he came home to Norah and knew from her eyes she had been blubbing.at blub, v.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 211: It all went disastrously wrong [...] Sweeney said, ‘You boobed.’.at boob, v.2
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 169: The bookies worked rapidly at blackboards, some on stools signalled the odds [...] pointing and clapping like deaf mutes.at bookie, n.
1976 P. Theroux Family Arsenal 194: We had these mates. We called ourselves ‘the Penge boys’ – boot-boys, like.at boot boy (n.) under boot, n.2