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[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 39: God blind me if it’s not my last one. Go on, God, blind me, blind me.
at blind me!, excl.
[UK] D. Abse In the Cage (1967) 123: soldier: Well, down the hatch. corporal: Yeh, down the bung ’ole.
at bunghole, n.1
[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 44: They made a proper charlie out of us.
at charlie, n.4
[UK] D. Abse In the Cage (1967) 124: Hasn’t she got a lovely pair of charlies on ’er?
at charlies, n.1
[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 51: I was a conchie during the war.
at conchie, n.
[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 51: I saw a flickin’ ad in the paper for flippin’ factory workers.
at flicking, adj.
[UK] D. Abse In the Cage (1967) 124: Hey, ey. Nark it. Manners. Where’s your foaming manners.
at foaming, adj.
[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 44: ‘They made a proper charlie out of us’, ‘A real frost’.
at frost, n.
[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 14: Mad, all of them. Up the ruddy greased pole.
at up the pole, adj.1
[UK] D. Abse In the Cage (1967) 124: A ponce he is, a foaming ponce.
at ponce, n.
[UK] D. Abse In the Cage (1967) 89: Knock it off now. You getting on my raspberry. What’s the matter with you?
at get on someone’s raspberry (v.) under raspberry, n.
[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 40: He’s barmy, round the twist saying things like that.
at round the twist (adj.) under round the..., phr.
[UK] D. Abse House of Cowards (1967) 51: Well, if you want a sob story she’s got one.
at sob story (n.) under sob, n.1
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