Green’s Dictionary of Slang
L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 83: She was in her dressing-gown and looked too killing.at killing, adj.
L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 97: I am now in my seventeenth year, isn’t it sad? I shall soon be an ‘oldy’.at oldie, n.
L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 87: Marie got rather a rowing for having gone.at row, v.1
L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 93: Our tiles really looked very well.at tile, n.
L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 162: Rather a sticky audience who evidently thought it vulgar to laugh, and only sniggered into their pocket handkerchiefs.at sticky, adj.1
L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 167: Congrats on Ernest’s appointment to the Royal Yacht.at congrats, n.
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