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[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 175: I care not, I care not, / I care not a pin.
at not care a pin, v.
[Ire] Eilis Brady All in! All in! 81: Two little dickie-birds / Sitting on the wall. / One named Peter, / The other named Paul.
at dicky-bird, n.1
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 3: A little girl can bask in the security of being her Daddy’s little hen [...] or his little bunser.
at bunser, n.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 22: Saying to someone eating an apple Butts on you! instead of [...] Leave me the butt of the apple you’re eating.
at butts on (you)! (excl.) under butt, n.1
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 22: She did it / Who’s she? / The cat’s mother!
at cat’s mother (n.) under cat, n.1
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 119: Old Roger got up and he gave her a clout, / Gave her a clout, gave her a clout.
at clout, n.2
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 24: Just wait till you’re got in! You’re going to be creased! killed! massacred!
at crease, v.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 167: Says my old one / To your old one, / Will you come to the Waxies’ Dargle. / Says your old one / To my old one, / Sure I haven’t got a fardel. [...] Up to about 1890 the waxies of Dublin held an annual gathering at Irishtown Green.
at fardel, n.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 2: Such a child [...] will also be called a ferret or described as ferrety-faced or have a farthing face or, most cutting of all, a little sparrow-fart.
at sparrow-fart, n.2
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 25: Getting a jaunt or a scut or, as the boys say, a goffo on the back bumper of a car, unknown to the driver.
at goffo, n.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 177: Lurry them up! / Kick their shins! / That’s the way ‘Sycamore’ wins!
at lorry up, v.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 15: Pity, too, the child who has the misfortune to have his head shaved [...] It is no fun to be called baldy-sconce, baldy-conscience, baldy-nopper, baldy-peelo.
at napper, n.2
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 167: Says my old one / To your old one, / Will you come to the Waxies’ Dargle. / Says your old one / To my old one, / Sure I haven’t got a fardel. [...] Up to about 1890 the waxies of Dublin held an annual gathering at Irishtown Green.
at old one, n.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 119: Old Roger got up got up and he gave her a clout, / Gave her a clout, gave her a clout.
at old roger (n.) under old, adj.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 31: A pin to see the show! [...] The lady on the po.
at po, n.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 128: I’m the wee Polony man / I do everything I can, / To catch the wee Polony man.
at polony, n.1
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 81: Two little sausages / Frying on the pan. / One got burned, / And the other said – scram!
at scram, v.
[Ire] E. Brady All in! All in! 25: Another delight is the practice of scutting behind a car.
at scut, v.
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