1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 74: I see you know a thing or two.at know a thing or two, v.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 148: Throwing a rock to his butty, he shouted, ‘Ere y’are, gran, you can eat ’em with no teeth’.at butty, n.1
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 131: To say that Hitler can’t be beat / Is just a lot of cock.at cock, n.5
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 152: No point. Can’t do much before sparrow-fart.at sparrow-fart, n.1
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 87: If you ask me, sir, the old fucker’s lost his notes.at fucker, n.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 198: The gen is that the jerries are preparing a push on Alam Halfa.at gen, n.2
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 30: And what are your getaway plans this time, Major Cookson?at getaway, n.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 156: Three chaps hit, sir. Two badly. One of them a gonner.at goner, n.1
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 81: She knew she was in for another attack of ‘Gyppy tummy’.at gyppy tummy, n.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 165: He must have his terra incognito – his complexes, hang-ups, impediments?at hang-up, n.2
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 158: Dead as mutton, poor bloke.at dead as mutton (adj.) under mutton, n.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 131: For Marshal Timoshenko’s men / Are pissing through von Bock.at piss through (v.) under piss, v.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 77: The smell that came from them was nothing like the salty, pissy smell of an European urinal.at pissy, adj.1
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 61: As they say in the RAF: ‘Any prang you walk away from is a good prang’.at prang, n.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 92: ‘Any questions?’ ‘I’ll say there are,’ Ridley whispered to Simon.at I’ll say (so) under say, v.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 14: If anyone offers you a shake-down, that’s all right so long as you ring Transit and release your billet.at shakedown, n.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 91: We’re to swan about and sting the jerries whenever and wherever we get the chance.at swan about (v.) under swan, v.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 14: Give me a tinkle mid-way and I’ll let you know what’s doing.at tinkle, n.
1977 (con. 1940s) O. Manning Danger Tree 86: He’s a toffee-nosed old bumbler.at toffee-nose(d) (adj.) under toffee, n.