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[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 203: Hang about. It was all a fluke.
at hang about!, excl.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 155: ‘Right you are,’ he said to the sudden hum of the dial tone, for Mei-ping had rung off.
at right you are!, excl.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 79: Luz was from Manila, a city of bangers and jitneys.
at banger, n.3
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 56: Don’t be such a binder, Bunt.
at binder, n.2
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 55: You made it plain as day you didn’t want to know. But why bite his nose off like that?
at bite someone’s nose off (v.) under bite, v.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 40: ‘What’s yours, squire?’ ‘Pint of brain damage.’.
at brain damage (n.) under brain, n.1
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 182: But I’m a dur-brain. Would you mind repeating the conditions?
at dur-brain, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 143: How many sorts are there, Bunt? Use your loaf.
at use one’s loaf (v.) under loaf (of bread), n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 192: Betty was muttering ‘Bumhole’ as Bunt went through the house to see whether Wang had stolen anything.
at bumhole, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 87: ‘Must celebrate properly’ was all he said, but Bunt knew what he meant: a bust, a blow-out, a knees-up, more.
at bust, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 22: ‘You want a chicken,’ the Mamasan would say to Bunt.
at chicken, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 20: She still did not like Chinese people [...] and she never stopped calling them ‘Chinky-Chonks’.
at chinky-chonks, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 52: Here I am chin-wagging and I fancy you want your beer.
at chinwag, v.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 173: Stop faffing around and come along. You too, duckie.
at ducks, n.1
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 25: Betty gambled at Happy Valley and Sha Tin, but never recklessly. ‘Just a flutter.’.
at flutter, n.1
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 202: Hung was looking froggy and solemn now that the deal was on the verge of closing.
at froggy, adj.2
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 69: Not too far from cape Verde [...] One of the fuzzy-wuzzy countries.
at fuzzy-wuzzy, n.1
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 88: The fish heads, the pig’s feet, the spongy tripe, the tendons, fifteen courses of this glop were not unusual.
at glop, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 208: There won’t be any money. And that’s not the half of it.
at not the half of it, phr.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 135: They were all paper-hangers, the Chinese in Hong Kong, check-kiters and price-grubbers and pay-gougers.
at paper hanger, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 191: He’s hopped it.
at hop it, v.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 79: Luz was from Manila. A city of bangers and jitneys.
at jitney, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 135: They were all paper-hangers, the Chinese in Hong Kong, check-kiters and price-grubbers and pay-gougers.
at kiter (n.) under kite, v.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 193: ‘I was going to give him a going-away present,’ Bunt said. ‘A knuckle sandwich,’ Betty said.
at knuckle sandwich (n.) under knuckle, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 43: Leave off, Mum.
at leave off! (excl.) under leave, v.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 122: As they hunted for a passport, or a meal ticket, or a way out, they were all reaching hands and twitching fingers.
at meal ticket, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 198: She’s chuffed [...] She’s over the moon.
at over the moon (adj.) under moon, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 54: You tell him, Mr Hung, while I spend a penny.
at spend a penny (v.) under penny, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 187: Now finish your sarney.
at sarnie, n.
[UK] P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 57: She sloshed a mouthful of Milo.
at slosh, v.2
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