a.1972 R.H. Morrieson Predicament 182: ‘That’s old Vern Bramwell’s wife.’ ‘So what,’ said Mervyn. ‘All the better. He gives her the dough-ray-me and the boys give her bumps-a-daisy’ [Simes:DLSS].at bumps-a-daisy, n.
a.1972 R.H. Morrieson Predicament 182: ‘That’s old Vern Bramwell’s wife.’ ‘So what,’ said Mervyn. ‘All the better. He gives her the dough-ray-me and the boys give her bumps-a-daisy’ [Simes:DLSS].at do-re-mi, n.
1974 R.H. Morrieson Predicament 203: ‘You might get yourself a crow out there, Merv. Some of the crows might want to come back with you’ [Simes:DLSS].at crow, n.2
1974 R.H. Morrieson Predicament 210: Man the Lifeboats! We’re going down with all hands and the cook. Down to Davy Jones’s locker.at Davy Jones’s locker, n.
1974 in R.H. Morrieson Predicament 21: [inscription on flyleaf of a schoolboy’s text book] Stay for me, / I shall not fail / To meet you in that hollow vale, / But what a rumpty there will be / If thou shouldst bring this book with thee!at rumpty (dooler), n.
1974 R.H. Morrieson Predicament 83: Boy, [...] did I see some sights! Right up close. They never knew I was there. I used to get a silly on.at silly, n.2