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The Riordans choose

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[Ire] in W. Burrowes Riordans [TV script] (1977) 15: A weary travel-stained ragbag of men.
at rag bag, n.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 59: Johnny called Batty an oul Baluba.
at baluba, n.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 36: There were several cliffhangers.
at cliffhanger, n.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 93: Slurry disposal actually. It’s a fierce headache.
at fierce, adj.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 93: Slurry disposal actually. It’s a fierce headache.
at headache, n.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 59: Batty said that no-one but himself was entitled to call her a miserable ould faggot, and called Johnny a lump of lard.
at lump of lard (n.) under lard, n.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 47: Minnie believed for a while that he had another woman, (or, as Francey put it, that he was layin’ out), but it turned out that the only rival was the horse.
at lay out, v.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 89: His nine-year old son Christy was to go to court for mitching from school.
at mitch, v.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 79: We move to Benny McDonnell’s pub in Clonee and get mowldy.
at mouldy, adj.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 67: Francey on the ran-tan and not a bite of food in the place.
at on the rantan under rantan, n.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 89: Murph, who drove a motor-bike and spoke in a strange tongue about culchies and rednecks.
at redneck, n.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 90: When he heard that Jude had been propositioned by John-Joe, the landlord, he was riz, as only he can be riz.
at riz, adj.
[Ire] W. Burrowes Riordans 70: Who else could tell Father Sheehy that the baby had the scutters.
at scutters, the (n.) under scutter, n.2
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