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He Who Shoots Last choose

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[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 43: He’s here wif me waitin’ fer ya ta ring [...] I’ll put him on da Al Capone.
at Al Capone, n.1
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 96: I’ll have a dropa dad and mum dis time.
at dad and mum, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 39: You don’t trim anyone with a deck of longs and shorts.
at longs-and-shorts, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 129: Dat’s da wing where dey got all da horses hoofs and da pork and beans. Ya sees, da queers is all penned up together.
at pork and bean, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 96: I used ta mix an Aristotle of fine and dandy.
at fine and dandy, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 97: I is particular what I puts in me north and south.
at north (and south), n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 178: Dis bird’s gotta be mam and dad.
at mum and dad, adj.1
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 135: ‘Ya look worried Taggy, wot’s on yer mind?’ [...] ‘Ya gotda bloody ducks and drakes. Dere must be somethin’ wrong.’.
at ducks and drakes, n.2
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 96: Wot d’ya wants me to do? Stand in da corner wif a glass of mudder and daughter in me claw?
at mother and daughter, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 106: Are ya gonna have a pen an’ ink?
at pen (and ink), n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 97: Ya knows Bill, yer gettin’ ta be a real Noah’s Ark.
at Noah’s (ark), n.1
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 214: ‘He’s on da lam. [...] I know demons wot ’ud put d’arm on ya fer bein’ in the same suburb as a joker wots on da scoot’.
at put the arm on (v.) under arm, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 205: ‘I feel absolutely certain the horse will win,’ [...] ‘I hope it arrives for you’.
at arrive, v.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 59: Dey’re dead all right, dead as a Sunday school picnic.
at dead as..., adj.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 1: They could [...] be as mad as a Woolworth’s watch—makes no difference, they are greatly respected.
at mad as..., adj.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 96: ‘Yer a nice bloody lair, Wrecker!’ ‘I ain’t no Fred Astaire.’.
at Fred Astaire, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 96: Don’t forget ta tell da babblin’ brook.
at babbler, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 124: Wot’d ya think of da bag of fruit [prison uniform] dey gives ya here? Now ya got more stripes dan if ya joined d’army.
at bag of fruit, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 74: ‘Tell da bait layer dat he wants da biggest Veronica Lakes wot he’s got,’ ordered the Wrecker.
at bait layer, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 91: She wuz da roughest lookin’ old bat.
at old bat (n.) under bat, n.1
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 222: When you gets out to the Bay, give my regards to Alvin Bassingwait. [...] A gentleman tealeaf.
at Bay, the, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 95: Yer becomin’ a bigger Beecham’s pill dan yer cousin.
at Beecham’s pill, n.
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 22: ‘Wot’s da beef on Kenny?’ ‘It’s a murder rap’.
at beef, n.2
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 4: Jack Roth is really big time.
at big-time, adj.
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 3: ‘Don’t mind a bit of corn myself. Look like doin a drag wen I front tomorrow,’ was the boastful reply.
at bit of corn (n.) under bit, n.1
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 215: [A] manner indicative of those about to put the bite on a certain party.
at put the bite on (v.) under bite, n.1
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 14: ‘I wuz in on da job but I didn’t do da blastin’’.
at blast, v.1
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 86: ‘She’s blown in the bettin’,’ said a suspicious Ragged. ‘Looks like we’re on da wrong tram,’ agreed the Wrecker.
at blow in the betting (v.) under blow in, v.3
[Aus] J. Alard He who Shoots Last 31: Just walk inta da courtroom and blow him up.
at blow up, v.1
[Aus] J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 24: I know the kid never had a chance [...] I did my best to stop him smacking a blue; but it wasn’t enough.
at smack a blue (v.) under blue, n.4
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