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Lifer 39: ‘[S]eems Harry had a young iron an’ Painter butted in on him an’ they had a fight an’ Painter got what was coming to him. Serves the bottling bastard right,’ the orderly added viciously.at bottle, v.3
Lifer 39: ‘[S]eems Harry had a young iron an’ Painter butted in on him an’ they had a fight an’ Painter got what was coming to him. Serves the bottling bastard right,’ the orderly added viciously. Lifer 71: Can’t be a copper one day and a bottle-merchant the next and a cheese-screamer the next, and one of ours the next — that’s all.’ [...] Mansell [...] translated the still-unfamiliar slang. A man couldn’t be an informer, a sex-pervert, a religious hypocrite, and a person like Cobb or Weldon.at bottle merchant (n.) under bottle, n.1
Lifer in Partridge DU.at chokey, v.
Lifer (in Partridge DU ).at comb, n.1
Lifer in DSUE (1984).at stoppo, n.
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