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[Ire] 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.
[Ire] 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
[Ire] 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.
[Ire] 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.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: Ah, bejay, will you looka who’s here.
at bejabers!, excl.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: Is this the berries or isn’t it?
at berries, the, n.1
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: The town is black.
at black, adj.
[Ire] 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.
[Ire] 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.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: Me da was buckin’.
at buck, v.2
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: Me da’ll find out and burst me.
at burst, v.1
[Ire] 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.
[Ire] 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.
[Ire] 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
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: An’ the fizz-bags the chiselurs could buy for a ha’penny.
at chiseller, n.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: You’re a cod.
at cod, n.2
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: Your da used to crease you.
at crease, v.
[Ire] 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.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: That’s the dart: nothin’ like an even number.
at dart, n.1
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: Mibs, have a dekko.
at dekko, n.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: They take this feckin’ aeroplane.
at fecking, adj.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: You’re as cracked as your oul’ fella was.
at old fellow, n.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: An’ the fizz-bags the chiselurs could buy for a ha’penny.
at fizz, n.1
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: mary: Father Creedon ’ud be at the door. dolly: Giving out to you.
at give out, v.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act I: They’re all the go.
at all the go (adj.) under go, n.1
[Ire] 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
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: Laugh away, make me out a gobshite.
at gobshite, n.
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: I’ll guzzle him.
at guzzle, v.2
[Ire] H. Leonard A Life (1981) Act II: You could drink Jameson’s distillery dry, and you might get half shot.
at half-shot, adj.
[Ire] 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.
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