1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 59: He couldn’t turn out to be a real bad hat after all these years, could he?at bad hat, n.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 67: ‘Jeremy Blah-blah and Richard Wah-wah,’ he announced.at blah, n.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 119: ‘In ten minutes you’ll be in old Moggie’s dressing room, Major,’ Mr Vick was saying with a bobbysox shiver.at bobby soxer, n.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 79: He’s no chicken. An elderly feller called Bullard. Been here years.at chicken, n.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 100: She will certainly expect six minutes chit-chat from me.at chitchat, n.1
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 154: There is something experimental down here or I should have my conk seen to.at conk, n.1
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 198: For God’s sake, Polly, be quiet, and don’t talk such cracking rot.at cracking, adj.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 84: ‘A bit of a facer at any time,’ murmured her visitor.at facer, n.2
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 43: I thought the old sport would rather have his bits of nonsense kept somewhere where people who were kiddish like himself could enjoy them.at kiddish (adj.) under kid, n.1
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 93: ‘I’m Charlie Muggins in person,’ he remarked.at muggins, n.1
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 207: I think he’s parking something he doesn’t want to keep on him. The gun, even.at park, v.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 56: Freddy used to say you really are the finest stuffed shirt in captivity.at stuffed shirt, n.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 100: She will certainly expect six minutes chit-chat from me, and because she is really quite something I may feel like continuing after that.at something, n.
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 66: The whole blessed place seems to be on the twist these days.at twist, n.1
1958 M. Allingham Hide My Eyes (1960) 62: ‘Hullo, darling, how were the shops?’ ‘Absolute whizz.’.at whiz, adj.