1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 80: Look at all the good sorts walking past, look at the ‘ham and eggs’ (legs).at ham and eggs, n.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 45: Sorry boys, no puddin’ tonight; I was going to make a blancmange, but I was buggered for dripping.at buggered for (adj.) under buggered, adj.2
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 60: You can always get a few bob for them if you are stuck for chips.at chip, n.2
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 64: It dawned on me when I saw him in the morning that he was verging on the DT’s or, in Aussie terms, ‘the ding bats’.at dingbats, n.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 98: The ‘Dumpty’ is usually down the garden path in the backyard.at dumpty, n.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 80: Muscat was dubbed ‘Round the world for fourpence,’ or a ‘fourpenny dart’ [sic].at fourpenny dark (n.) under fourpenny, adj.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 38: Our respective bosses [...] were as Irish as Paddy’s pig.at as Irish as Paddy Murphy’s pig under Irish, adj.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 111: A yarn and a kind word from one of the ‘Shaky Isles,’ as New Zealand is called by the Aussies.at Shaky Isles, n.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 85: Most grocers ran an ‘under the lap’ starting-price system; although illegal it attracted customers towards the shop.at under the lap (adv.) under lap, n.1
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 81: King’s Cross, known to all and sundry as the ‘Naughty Half Mile’ had a clientèle of doves who did not tread the pavement but frequented the various cafés.at Naughty Half Mile (n.) under naughty, adj.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 38: My chief who was called a ‘pannikin’ boss, in charge of a small section, happened to be English.at pannikin boss (n.) under pannikin, n.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 80: Port was called ‘Pinkie,’ and those who preferred port were Pinkie drinkers, and if one’s name was Joe, he would be referred to as ‘Pinkie Joe’.at pinkie, n.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 80: I get threepence back on the empty quart at the Plonk shop [...] The wine saloons were called ‘Plonk Bars’.at plonk, n.2
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 80: Muscat was dubbed ‘Round the world for fourpence,’ or a ‘fourpenny dart.’.at round the world for threepence under round the..., phr.
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 105: A Jap sub cut its way through the steel net in Sydney harbour.at sub, n.1
1970 N. Beagley Up and Down Under 79: I really and truly expected a ‘touch’ for a couple of bob.at touch, n.1