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Liza’s England choose

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[UK] (con. 1920s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 162: You really buggered me up, didn’t you, Frank?
at bugger up, v.
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 134: ‘She’s after us, Dad.’ ‘She’s the cat’s grandmother. Say who you mean.’].
at cat’s mother (n.) under cat, n.1
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 40: Aye and where would you’ve been ’n’all? Up shit creek with your arse hanging out of your britches. That’s where.
at up shit(’s) creek under shit creek, n.
[UK] (con. 1920s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 150: ‘That child’s psychic,’ Frank said. ‘Is she hell’.
at is he/she/it hell! (excl.) under — hell!, excl.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 252: A man dips his pen in the inkwell, and you’re left reading the message for the next eighteen years.
at inkwell (n.) under ink, n.
[UK] (con. 1920s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 97: High time he stopped looking like a lass. You don’t want to make a Nancy of him, do you?
at nancy, n.
[UK] (con. 1920s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 54: ‘She’s supposed to be on.’ ‘What do you mean, ‘on’?’ ‘Expecting.’.
at on, adv.1
[UK] (con. 1920s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 157: She tried to get money on the pancrack, but they took a lot of convincing [...] ‘Find your husband,’ they said.
at pancrack, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 252: A man dips his pen in the inkwell, and you’re left reading the message for the next eighteen years.
at pen, n.1
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 79: He swing his leg over and pounded away as if you’d no more feelings than the mattress.
at pound, v.2
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 5: Red paint daubed the walls [...] ‘Mac is a wanker,’ ‘Stew is a puff’.
at puff, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 205: Pull the other bugger, it’s got bells on.
at pull the other one (it’s got bells on) under pull, v.
[UK] (con. 1920s) P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 34: You’re supposed to skivvy after ’em and get it all done and out of the way while they’re flat on their backs.
at skivvy, v.
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 111: ‘They’ve been ever so good.’ ‘They’ve been little smashers,’ Margaret said.
at smasher, n.2
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 218: You got stuck in seven days a week and bloody did it.
at get stuck in (v.) under stuck, adj.
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 238: Oh, tell ’em to get stuffed!
at get stuffed! (excl.) under stuffed, adj.2
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 124: She lowered her voice. ‘A man gets his feet under the table, he changes. You mark my words.’.
at get one’s feet under the table (v.) under table, n.
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 193: ‘Who told you?’ ‘Jan. The little wifie.’.
at wifey, n.
[UK] P. Barker Liza’s England (1996) 171: She started getting the willies at the last moment.
at willies, n.
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