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[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] ‘Well, I’ll tell you what— as soon as I get some money you must let me take you on a bash.’.
at bash, n.1
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] ‘How do you feel after last night?’ said Joe, startling Grant a little. ‘Bloody’.
at bloody, adj.
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] You were stung [...] Hit. Blotto, blind, inebriated — call it what you like.
at blotto, adj.
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] ‘Have another?’ ‘Oh… I don’t really like to… I…’ ‘Ah bulsh, you can buy me a few next time you see me.
at bullsh, n.
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] ‘Joe,’ he said, ‘your rifle’s more or less pointing at me.’ ‘Yeah.’ Joe was polite, but not concerned. ‘You’re sure it’s not loaded?’ ‘Yeah, it’s loaded.’ ‘Well— ah— isn’t it a little dicey?’.
at dicey, adj.
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] If we did close ’em [i.e. the pubs] at ten there’d only be a lot of sly grog shops spring up.
at sly-grog, n.
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] You were stung [...] Hit. Blotto, blind, inebriated — call it what you like.
at hit, adj.
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] Damn it all! He couldn’t just walk up and down the street for six mortal week.
at mortal, adj.1
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] He ordered a pony of beer — the smallest amount sold.
at pony, n.
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] ‘You know about the Game?’ asked Crawford. ‘Only vaguely,’ said Grant. ‘Well that bloke with the kip is the spinner’.
at spinner, n.3
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] You were stung [...] Hit. Blotto, blind, inebriated — call it what you like.
at stung, adj.2
[US] K. Cook Wake in Fright [ebook] ‘I don’t pay for any of the beer I drink.’ Grant didn’t quite know how to react, so he just said: ‘Don’t you?’ ‘I could get yours free too, but it’d be making it a bit thick, wouldn’t it’.
at thick, adj.
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