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(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 39: The men in the various gangs [...] made the most of such a glorious opportunity of ‘poking the borax’ at the boss.at poke (the) borak (v.) under borak, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 39: The men in the various gangs [...] made the most of such a glorious opportunity of ‘poking the borax’ at the boss. (con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 150: Somebody then asked if there was anybody else who could tell a new story — they didn’t want any old chestnuts they had heard before.at chestnut, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 95: In the PWD there was a sprinkling of what were known as ‘compo kings’. These were men who always seemed to be on compo and they fell into well-defined categories.at compo artist (n.) under compo, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 128: ‘He’s scratching what?’ asked the woman. ‘His dingle-doodle,’ said Sam without batting an eyelid [...] ‘His dingle-doodle – you know – his doodle dasher.’.at dingle-dangle, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 52: I picked up the rum bottle off the counter and poured each of us a ‘Jimmy Woodser’.at Jimmy Woodser, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 33: There was no shortage of meat as long as you liked ‘underground mutton.’.at underground mutton, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 84: I thought this was a bit ‘on the nose’.at on the nose under nose, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 197: What a fish! It was a rainbow and it was a ‘slab’.at slab, n.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 80: That’s a tall one, Jack.at tall story (n.) under tall, adj.
(con. 1930s) Men of the Milford Road 53: I [...] saw Joe the driver with his arm half round the neck of one of those top-brass engineers and talking to him in a very animated manner.at top brass (n.) under top, adj.
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