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[UK] in Camden New Journal (London) 16 Jan. 1/1: One of the two drug dealers [...] said, ‘I’ve seen your face, next time I’ll juk (stab) you.’.
at juke, v.2
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) XI: The Sally Ann’s commanding officer in Camden assures me the ambiance will be party-like.
at Sally Ann, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal 30 Aug. 29: School is a labour of love for Malaysian who fell in love with Old Blighty.
at Blighty, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal 3: The cats are getting creamed!
at get creamed (v.) under cream, v.
[UK] Camden New Journal 3: She is convinced the plucky pet is ‘too lean and mean’ to be taken out by a fox.
at take out, v.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 21 Feb. 40: You can rabbit on about your cup final, we’re off to Italy!
at rabbit (and pork), v.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 20 Mar. 11: I have no beef about being recalled.
at beef, n.2
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 4 Sept. VII: Sultry stares at men she finds attractive, grumpy pouts when things are not tickety-boo.
at tickety-boo, adj.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 13 Mar. 2: Undercover police described how they bought wraps of ‘white and brown’.
at brown, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 20 Mar. II: Boris couldn’t run a piss-up in a brewery.
at couldn’t organize a piss-up in a brewery under couldn’t..., phr.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 4 Sept. VII: A large bag of cocaine and two dollybirds.
at dollybird (n.) under dolly, n.1
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 20 Mar. 2: He insisted he was an innocent bystander ‘fitted up’ by police.
at fit up, v.1
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 15 May 6/7: Man attacked outside pub [...] Witnesses said the man was glassed outside the George pub in Holmes Road.
at glass, v.
[UK] Camden New Journal Rev. 11 Dec. 3: Cor blimey, murderous events on the streets of the East End?
at gorblimey!, excl.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 4 Sept. VII: A typical Cockney hardnut who has a planning councillor in his pay.
at hard nut, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal Rev. 11 Dec. 19: The burly moggie did not make the gender swap.
at moggie, n.1
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 13 Mar. 2: A gang of five charged with running a crack cocaine ring under a shadowy ‘Mr Big’.
at Mr Big (n.) under Mr, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 4 Sept. VII: Sumptuous costumes and wonderful locations mean this film will no doubt be a [...] hit across the Pond. But as a drama its a stinker.
at pond, the, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal 24 Jan. 2: Commons hears plight of ‘shit-heap’ homes tenants.
at shitheap (n.) under shit, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 9 Oct. 12/3: Mario’s 14 hours in the ‘slammer’ was no joke.
at slammer, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 4 Sept. VII: Sumptuous costumes and wonderful locations mean this film will no doubt be a [...] hit across the Pond. But as a drama it’s a stinker.
at stinker, n.1
[UK] Camden New Journal 20 Nov. 13: The boy must have been on ‘sugar’ (cocaine, to the uninitiated).
at sugar, n.5
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 4 Sept. VII: The gangsters are like East End comics, the crackhead is toned, not trampy.
at tony, adj.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 13 Mar. 2: Undercover police described how they bought wraps of ‘white and brown.’.
at white, n.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) Rev. 28 Aug. IV: The bejewelled fantasy outfits of dazzling colours and design worn by the Motown girls [...] wowed audiences around the world.
at wow, v.
[UK] Camden New Journal (London) 13 Mar. 2: Undercover police described how they bought wraps of ‘white and brown.’.
at wrap, n.2
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