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[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 124: Why, a pore dorg could go black in the face and spew his soulcase up—what the blinded ’ell would one o’ them sods care.
at blinding, adj.2
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 101: The heat of midsummer lay stagnant in the windowless ‘canary cage’ compartment of the prison van.
at canary cage (n.) under canary, n.1
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 124: Why, a pore dorg could go black in the face and spew his soulcase up—what the blinded ’ell would one o’ them sods care.
at soul-case, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 82: Over the way a ‘trial ’man had tossed a ‘chew’ to a ‘toeragger’.
at chew, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 110: The sixteen years old ‘dwelling dancer’ in Number twenty-three.
at dwelling dancer, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 102: He got the four years coomyerlative fer dishin’ a screw.
at dish, v.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 129: The ‘donkey-dipper’ is another kind of pick-pocket. He works alone, and his methods are to grip, to rip, and to run.
at donkey dipper (n.) under donkey, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 83: ‘How long?’ I muttered [...] ‘Stretch — two-drags — coomyerlative. Three charges agin’ me — righteous, vag, an’ resistin’.’.
at drag, n.1
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 30: He impressed upon me the exact location of the maternal abode, and proceeded to ‘drum me up’ with the message.
at drum, v.2
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 83: Stretch—two-drags—coomyerlative. Three charges agin’ me—righteous, vag, an’ resistin’. Fitted on first two—turned up on third.
at fit, v.1
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 128: He was adorning the sidewalk of a fashionable street, and the indolent lean upon a fragile walking cane, together with his raiment of the purple and fine linen of a ‘flapper pirate,’ bespoke the lucrativeness of his profession.
at flapper pirate (n.) under flapper, n.2
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 102: He’d left his mark on a couple of the pet ‘footballers’ when they come at the kickin’ game down in the Parramatta basement.
at footballer, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 102: By the holy smokes, this extra chain business was comin’ it a bit too strong.
at holy smoke!, excl.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 85: O, no more I’ll quiz the Hominy Gazette for shearin’ news / Or’ll use the holy Bible fer me fags.
at hominy gazette (n.) under hominy, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 129: The ‘hook’, or , as you would say, the pick-pocket.
at hook, n.1
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 130: The ‘hum’, the unskilled derelict [...] who stands upon the ‘pub’ corner kerb, ‘bites’ all and sundry.
at hum, n.2
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 99: ‘How much longer yer gotter do?’ [...] ‘C176’ chuckled mirthlessly, ‘Mine’s a Kathleen Mavourneen – maybe fer years an’ maybe fer ever.’.
at kathleen mavourneen, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 83: They got me with a bit o’ ‘kite’ [...] I finds it down on the job, an’ whips it inter me shirt on the orf chance o’ gittin a bit o’ snout fer a fag.
at kite, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 130: The Knight of the Jemmy and his comrade in arms, the safe blower, unperturbedly will shrug their shoulders.
at ...the jemmy under knight of the..., n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 124: I’ll cut the livin’ Christ out o’ yer flamin’ soul.
at living, adj.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 84: Eighteen months! Why, that’s only a sleep compared to some. There’s a pack of fellows here doing the whole lot.
at lot, n.1
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 130: The ‘hum’, the unskilled derelict [...] who stands upon the ‘pub’ corner kerb, ‘bites’ all and sundry [...] succeeds in getting lumbered for ‘vag’.
at lumbered, adj.1
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 129: He acts as chief amongst his ‘push-up’ and ‘break’ men, associates skilled in their way, but unpossessed of his dexterity.
at push-up (man), n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 117: By the cage door the hangman, beetle browed and brutal-faced, stands fingering with unconcern the pinion straps and ‘night cap’ of canvas.
at nightcap, n.2
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 124: There wuz wunst a time, boy, when a fit o’ spewin’ used to scare ’em into cuttin’ short the count, and so we got chewin’ chunks o’ soap ter turn our guts up. Then some pimp puts the pot on.
at pimp, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 124: There wuz wunst a time, boy, when a fit o’ spewin’ used to scare ’em into cuttin’ short the count, and so we got chewin’ chunks o’ soap ter turn our guts up. Then some pimp puts the pot on.
at put the pot on (v.) under pot, n.1
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 82: The ‘toeragger’ was hustled off to be hoarded away for the weekly ‘beak.’.
at toe-ragger, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 83: It would take minutes to make him secure, for he must deliver up his braces, his boots, his books, and be ‘ramped’ to the skin.
at ramp, v.2
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 83: Three charges agin’ me—righteous, vag, an’ resistin’.
at righteous, n.
[Aus] V. Marshall World of Living Dead (1969) 129: ‘A dead rough-up’ — thus the more scientific of the fraternity designate him.
at rough-up, n.
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