1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: Honestly, you’re not all there, you know that? [...] You’re as cracked as your oul’ fella was.at not all there, adj.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: You were wrong, then. And your song and dance about it has Dolly upset.at song and dance, n.1
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: But be the holy, you’re a fierce woman. Goin’ for him bald-headed, wha’?at bald-headed, adv.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: dolly: Don’t I know? I was there. kearns: You were in me boot. You were at home in your pram.at in one’s ballocks under ballocks, n.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: She was still talking to me when you were black out with us.at black out with, adj.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: Holy Thursdays is brutal [...] All the picture houses shut and no hops. Tomorrow’s worse: it’s Good Friday.at brutal, adj.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: But sure you’ve been giving us the go-by for so long I wouldn’t know a bit of you.at give someone/something the go-by (v.) under go-by, n.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: A character, yes. It’s a word used to describe any ignoramus or bigot over sixty.at character, n.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: Dezzie, we’re all goin’ downhill. ’S a fact. And in your case the cells of the brain is handin’ in its cards.at hand in one’s checks (v.) under check, n.1
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: An’ the fizz-bags the chiselurs could buy for a ha’penny.at chiseller, n.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: You’re as prickly as bedamned: it’s like talking to a gorse bush.at as be damned (adv.) under damn, v.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: An’ the fizz-bags the chiselurs could buy for a ha’penny.at fizz, n.1
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: mary: Father Creedon ’ud be at the door. dolly: Giving out to you.at give out, v.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: Shut that gob of yours. Shut it.at shut (up) one’s gob (v.) under gob, n.1
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: You could drink Jameson’s distillery dry, and you might get half shot.at half-shot, adj.
1979 H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: You won’t act the hard root when your time comes.at hard root (n.) under hard, adj.