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[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: But I wasn’t on the game properly – never took money ... I just messed about.
at mess about, v.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: Some hairy-arsed squaddie will steer your little apple – your little chicko ... round the sweaty floor by power of his grin.
at hairy-arsed, adj.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ Cockade (1965) I iii: Beezed up and buffed up like a camp of thick as shit guardsmen.
at thick as..., adj.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iv: hoskinson: Been for a slash en I? blake: Long enough for a Barclay’s en you?
at Barclay’s (bank), n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner & Escort’ Cockade (1965) I i: They’ve had me on the wrong bastard train before today.
at bastard, adj.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner & Escort’ Cockade (1965) I iii: Didn’t it get in the papers in Blighty?
at Blighty, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: Yes corporal – no corporal ... kiss my old boot’s fat arse corporal – is that it?
at boot, n.2
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: She a bramah is she?
at brama, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘John Thomas’ Cockade (1965) Act I: You a brown hatter?
at brown-hatter, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: I thought it might be Brum.
at Brum, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I i: That Brummagem bike.
at Brummagem, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: You was one of the biggest bullshitters in the regiment.
at bullshitter, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Spare’ in Cockade (1965) I ii: Twice as thick as a hot burgoo.
at burgoo, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: You dropped old Smiler in it. He carried the can.
at carry the can (for) (v.) under can, n.1
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: You chew on this – should I have any more ... now jag it in.
at chew on this! (excl.) under chew, v.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: What does your chicko think of her daddy.
at chico, n.1
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I ii: He was no doubt highly chuffed.
at chuffed, adj.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Spare’ in Cockade (1965) I i: Now remember – three bursts and up you go like the clappers.
at go like the clappers (v.) under clappers, n.3
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: Think of Jim Blake satisfied, adjusted, and laughing little cobs.
at cobs, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Spare’ in Cockade (1965) I i: How thick’s the cock sucking smoke?
at cocksucking, adj.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I ii: A first class prima nit – a cootie.
at cootie, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I ii: All coppers are [...] bastards.
at copper, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I ii: hoskinson: Yes – but you have one of mine corp. blake: In full – corporal in full ’Oskie my old.
at corp, n.1
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: I honestly thought we’d crapped it.
at crap it (v.) under crap, v.2
[UK] C. Wood ‘Spare’ in Cockade (1965) I i: Everybody gets cut.
at cut, adj.1
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: My old man was pushing up the daisies.
at push up (the) daisies, v.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: Honestly I don’t dig you at all.
at dig, v.3
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: What a ding dong shame.
at ding-dong, adj.2
[UK] C. Wood ‘John Thomas’ in Cockade (1965) Act I: Placed smartly up his dirt box – for the twice as quick to Damascus.
at dirt-box (n.) under dirt, n.
[UK] C. Wood ‘Prisoner and Escort’ in Cockade (1965) I iii: Doolally tap. It’s the strain see – and it gets the doolally lads first.
at doolally tap, n.
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