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‘Ivy Day at the Committee Room’ Dubliners (1956) 127: Crofton (he’s a decent chap, of course), but he’s not worth a damn as a canvasser.at not worth a damn, phr.
‘Ivy Day at the Committee Room’ Dubliners (1956) 127: Crofton (he’s a decent chap, of course), but he’s not worth a damn as a canvasser. ‘Two Gallants’ Dubliners (1956) 50: ‘She was ... a bit of all right,’ he said regretfully.at bit of all right, a, phr.
‘Grace’ Dubliners (1956) 161: ‘There’s no mistake about it,’ said Mr M’Coy, ‘if you want a thing done and no flies about, you go to a Jesuit.’.at no flies (about)!, excl.
‘A Little Cloud’ Dubliners (1956) 73: You’d want to knock about a bit in the world. Have you never been anywhere even for a trip?at knock about, v.1
Dubliners 260: Drive bang up against Trinity College gates.at bang up against, adv.
‘Grace’ Dubliners (1956) 159: ‘O, you! The back of my hand to you!’ said Mrs Kernan tartly.at back of my hand (and the sole of my foot) under back, n.1
‘Grace’ Dubliners (1956) 166: O, of course there were some bad lots ... But the astonishing thing is this. Not one of them [...] ever preached ex cathedra a word of false doctrine.at bad lot (n.) under bad, adj.
‘Two Gallants’ Dubliners (1956) 49: ‘Of all the good ones ever I heard,’ he said, ‘that emphatically takes the biscuit.’.at take the biscuit, v.
‘A Little Cloud’ Dubliners (1956) 75: Of course you do find spicy bits in Paris. Go to one of the students’ balls, for instance. That’s lively, if you like, when the cocottes begin to let themselves loose.at bit, n.1
‘Ivy Day in the Committee Room’ Dubliners (1956) 117: I sent him to the Christian Brothers and I done what I could for him, and there he goes boozing about.at booze, v.
‘Grace’ Dubliners (1956) 158: Is this what we pay rates for? [...] To feed and clothe these ignorant bostooms.at bosthoon, n.
Dubliners (1956) 118: Sure, amn’t I never done at the drunken bowsy ever since he left school?at bowsie, n.
‘Gracer’ Dubliners (1956) 161: If you want a thing well done and no flies about, you go to a Jesuit. They’re the boyos have influence.at boyo, n.
‘Counterparts’ Dubliners (1956) 88: He knew where he would meet the boys: Leonard and O’Halloran and Nosey Flynn.at boys, the, n.
‘The Dead’ Dubliners (1956) 197: ‘Well, I hope, Miss Morkan,’ said Mr Browne, ‘that I’m brown enough for you because, you know, I’m all Brown.’.at brown, adj.1
‘The Dead’ Dubliners (1956) 183: Now, then, Teddy, I’m going to fill you out a good glass of lemonade just to buck you up.at buck up, v.2
‘A Mother’ Dubliners (1956) 138: The Friday concert was to be abandoned and the committee was going to move heaven and earth to secure a bumper house on Saturday night.at bumper, adj.
‘An Encounter’ Dubliners (1956) 20: Mahony used slang freely, and spoke of Father Butler as Old Bunser.at bunser, n.
‘Ivy Day in the Committee Room’ Dubliners (1956) 122: His father was a decent, respectable man [...] But I’m greatly afraid our friend is not nineteen carat.at eighteen-carat, adj.
‘Ivy Day in the Committee Room’ Dubliners (1956) 122: ‘O, but I know for a fact,’ said Mr Henchy. ‘They’re Castle hacks.’.at Castle hack (n.) under Castle, adj.
‘Counterparts’ Dubliners (1956) 92: Farrington’s heavy dirty eyes leered at the company in token that he understood he was being chaffed.at chaff, v.
‘A Little Cloud’ Dubliners (1956) 77: Thanks awfully, old chap.at old chap, n.
‘Two Gallants’ Dubliners (1956) 48: And one night she brought me two bloody fine cigars – O, the real cheese, you know.at cheese, the, n.
‘The Boarding House’ Dubliners (1956) 60: They shared in common tastes and for this reason were very chummy with one another.at chummy, adj.
‘Two Gallants’ Dubliners (1956) 49: She thinks I’m a bit of class, you know.at class, n.
‘The Dead’ Dubliners (1956) 184: Once she had spoken of Gretta as being country cute and that was not true of Gretta at all.at country, adj.
‘Grace’ Dubliners (1956) 148: These two gentlemen and one of the curates carried him up the stairs and laid him down again on the floor of the bar.at curate, n.
‘The Dead’ Dubliners (1956) 184: Once she had spoken of Gretta as being country cute and that was not true of Gretta at all.at cute, adj.
‘Grace’ Dubliners (1956) 168: No, damn it all, I bar the candles!at damn it!, excl.
‘Counterparts’ Dubliners (1956) 90: Suddenly, as he was fingering his watch chain, he thought of Terry Kelly’s pawn-office in Fleet Street. That was the dart!at dart, n.1
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