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White Shoes, White Lines and Blackie choose

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[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 230: I don’t give a rodent’s.
at not give a rat’s ass, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 86: Have you ever heard of the expression ‘Having an up and under’? [...] A technicolor yawn? Having a laugh at the footpath?
at up and under, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 70: Sardonic hacks of both sexes from [...] every cheap, tits-and-bums magazine in Australia.
at tits and ass, adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 17: Just count me salmon and trout with Annie.
at salmon and trout, prep.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 102: ‘I thought you came from New York?’ ‘In a pig’s ass I do.’.
at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 253: Smart-arse bitch.
at smart-arse, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 258: Him and KK are as thick as pig shit; they’re always pissing off together.
at thick as..., adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 75: Go blow it out your ass motherfuckers.
at blow it out your ass!, excl.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 234: Crystal was looking up at him like [...] he was the greatest suck-arse God had ever put breath into.
at suck-ass, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 57: Some sort of pink satin knickers that almost sent Mr Wobbly into a tail spin [Ibid.] 58: Mr Wobbly swelled up and exploded inside DD like a hand grenade.
at play Mr Wobbly hides his helmet (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 94: Bad luck Warren got a bit of a slap, but [...] that’s what happens when you back-door blokes.
at backdoor, v.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 34: Tell it to that curry-eating bag back in Sydney.
at bag, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 251: A bit of a fat lip, a small mouse under each eye and a bit of bark missing.
at bark, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 94: The rest was a beat-up of how she was a rotten singer, model and actress all round.
at beat-up, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 12: You got it, KK. One black frock-coat. Hold the white St Louies.
at St Louis blues, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 256: I got a bluey for parking.
at bluey, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 37: The sheila with the big boobs.
at boob, n.3
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 242: You don’t want to be held up by [...] boofhead reporters.
at boofhead, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 53: They boogied to the Swinging Sidewalks’ ‘Now Now’.
at boogie, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 2: Now and again Norton might bump into one of his old landlords or an estate agent he’d brassed out.
at brass, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 65: There’d be heaps of [...] ‘it’s great to see you, old mate’ and [...] KK would bridge up in return.
at bridge up (v.) under bridge, v.3
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 10: Galivanting around in the sun, sipping champagne. You still drink plenty of bubbly, KK?
at bubbly, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 109: Kramer had barbecued Moreton Bay bugs for entree.
at bug, n.4
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 197: You reckon I’m bullshitting about last night. Beauty.
at bullshit, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 150: They were all dressed in full desert cammies and carrying machine guns.
at cammies, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 3: The caper with the old block of flats had gone over smoother than a bunch of carnations on Mothers’ Day.
at caper, n.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 29: I’ve got the night off and I’m all cashed up.
at cashed up, adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 198: DD had certainly got her two-bob’s worth in.
at put in one’s two cents’ (worth) (v.) under two cents’ worth, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 7: A blonde bimbo with an enormous pair of boobs who’d posed for a heap of cheesecake.
at cheesecake, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett White Shoes 71: You can [...] take all the cheesecake photos you want.
at cheesecake, n.
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