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[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 112: Ally [...] came out dragging his wife, a luscious creature, all B. and B., in vivid plus fours.
at all B and B, phr.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 93: If you took John So-and-So from the lipping-press and put him six fathoms down [...] would the firm miss a beat.
at so-and-so, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 129: The Andrew ... The Navy.
at andrew, n.2
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 22: ’E was ’ot as mustard was our skipper.
at ...a (three-dollar) pistol under hot as..., adj.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 10: A brilliant Skipper and a damn fine crew, loads of Jerries just asking for it.
at ask for it (v.) under ask, v.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 126: Oh my sainted, flamin’ Aunt!
at my aunt! (excl.) under aunt, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 59: You’ve bagged the only decent bit of holding ground.
at bag, v.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 32: He thought while he was about it he’d get a bally great noggin so that he could carry up enough tea for the watch on deck in one.
at bally, adv.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 10: Why can’t you barsterds put up some sugar.
at bastard, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 26: You’re small beer as a seaman, till you knows yer job.
at small beer, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 21: ’E was jus’ goin’ up to the flag deck with a cup o’ cocoa at five bells.
at bell, n.1
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 23: Old Blackie in ’is birthday suit ’oppin’ around like a dancing Dervish.
at birthday suit, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 38: [Ch. title] Bye-Blow.
at by-blow, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 100: Old Bluebottle for once came over all Commanderish and told him firmly: ‘It’s time you went back to your ship, young man.’.
at bluebottle, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 23: As soon as we’d secured to our buoy the bumboat come alongside.
at bum-boat, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 37: By the time we were put ashore it had [...] got a crack down through the friar’s boozing-party.
at boozing, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 44: I’ll take care o’ all them botherations for you.
at botheration, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 118: Some officers gave you a hell of a bottle when they saw you as a defaulter.
at bottle, n.1
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 134: Crash the Swede, Crash the Loaf.
at loaf (of bread), n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 20: We ’eard a buzz she was goin’ out to th’ East Indies.
at buzz, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 48: A ‘caboose,’ that is, a little hole, a store or an issue-room, is the thing for which every older rating yearns.
at caboose, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 72: Something did go wrong, and little Roddy’ll carry the can.
at carry the can (for) (v.) under can, n.1
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 23: Those bloomin’ Chinky-chaps in the boat was ’avin’ the time o’ their lives.
at Chinky, n.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 19: Then the Chinky toe-rot come out on ’im an’ they ’ad to send ’im ’ome.
at Chinky, adj.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 32: Jackson [...] was so chocker with all this that he went ashore and bought the Mug.
at chocker, adj.
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 26: So long as you pulls yer weight in the Mess an’ takes yer turn at dishin’ up an’ don’t chuck yer bleedin’ weight about the place.
at chuck one’s weight around (v.) under chuck, v.2
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 97: Butch was the man who kept saying: ‘Well, here’s another nail in the old coffin.’.
at coffin nail, n.1
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 128: So crack on, me hearties, and don’t make Grandma laugh while she’s shaving!
at crack on, v.1
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 81: Let’s ’ave a crack at it, Dick.
at have a crack at (v.) under crack, n.1
[UK] D. Bolster Roll On My Twelve 80: Two such coves as Dicky Nolan and Crash Wade would stop very little short of murder to obtain [...] a ‘dhobi-bucket’. No ship ever had enough buckets [...] it would mean not only that they could use it for ‘dhobying’, that is washing their smalls, but they could hire it out.
at dhobi, v.
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