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The Tax Inspector choose

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[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 49: I’ve got the same name as the woman who was involved with D.H. Lawrence. She was a nasty piece of work.
at nasty bit of work, n.
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 62: She [...] gave a mocking little cursty. ‘You old chook,’ he said.
at chook, n.
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 44: He turned and walked [...] wiggling his butt like a frigging tom cat.
at frig, v.
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 56: She waved the gelly at him: ‘You grab me and you’re minced meat’.
at jelly, n.2
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 56: At piccaninny dawn they were on the outskirts of Wollombi.
at piccaninny, adj.
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 56: He was half-shickered when he got the call.
at shickered, adj.
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 20: A Commodore S.S. [car] with spunky alloy wheels in the shape of a spinning sun.
at spunky, adj.
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 56: The runaway had [...] a bag of detonators in a little lilac whats-oh hanging round her neck.
at whatsit, n.
[Aus] P. Carey Tax Inspector (1992) 46: You could see him thinking fucking yuppy. He did not have a clue who Benny was.
at yuppie, n.
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