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[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 47: ‘Two ’undred pounds sounds a lot to a man’s wot’s broke.’ [...] ‘Well, ’ere’s the boodle.’.
at boodle, n.1
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 49: ’Im? ’E’s a cocky ten miles out.
at cocky, n.2
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 134: ‘We can nip out now and then on the quiet and ’ave a deep-noser.’ ‘A deep-noser!’ ‘Yes a snifter’ [...] ‘A snifter’s a pot, an’ a pot’s a deep-noser.’.
at deep noser (n.) under deep, adj.
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 133: She must needs open ’er bag to powder ’er dial.
at dial, n.
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 47: Me dinah will sool ’em when the bank gets tired.
at dinah, n.1
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 29: Hooroo! Saved – I’m saved!
at hooroo!, excl.
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 46: Mr Wallace then was drawing pots for a party of men at the far end of the bar.
at pot, n.1
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 47: I I fades away, the bank [...] will sool the D’s on to me.
at sool, v.
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 53: Mrs Wallace was the triumphant victor holding the fort. ‘She’s a trimmer,’ announced the Spirit of Australia, chuckling dryly.
at trimmer, n.1
[Aus] A.W. Upfield Murder Down Under (1951) 50: Get a wriggle on, Leonard, or you’ll turn into a real creepy toad.
at get a wiggle on (v.) under wiggle, n.
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