1957 A. Buckeridge Thanks to Jennings (1988) 61: That ancient old crock of a car over there.at crock, n.2
1957 A. Buckeridge Thanks to Jennings (1988) 145: A second course, perhaps, that he was going to keep under his hat till after we’d finished the stew.at under one’s hat (adj.) under hat, n.
1957 A. Buckeridge Thanks to Jennings (1988) 177: Were the boys off their heads, he wondered!at off one’s head, adj.
1957 A. Buckeridge Thanks to Jennings (1988) 95: He must be getting a bit peckish by now.at peckish, adj.
1957 A. Buckeridge Thanks to Jennings (1988) 166: I’ve got a massive great potato in the heel and she said she’d mend it.at potato, n.
1957 A. Buckeridge Thanks to Jennings (1988) 168: Who’s making that ghastly shemozzle?at shemozzle, n.
1957 A. Buckeridge Thanks to Jennings (1988) 64: You are a couple of weeds pushing off like that.at weed, n.3