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[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘Prisoner and Escort’ Porridge [TV script] flet.: What’s it like, this nick? barrowcl.: Oh very good [...] flet.: Oh yeah. Bird’s bird though in’ it?
at bird, n.4
[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘Prisoner and Escort’ Porridge [TV script] You get your feet up, my old son. Get a decent bit of shut-eye.
at shut-eye, n.1
[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘Prisoner and Escort’ Porridge [TV script] I’ll give it serious consideration, squire.
at squire, n.
[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘New Faces, Old Hands’ Porridge [TV script] Three years, robbery third stretch. Thick as two short planks.
at ...two short planks under thick as..., adj.
[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘New Faces, Old Hands’ Porridge [TV script] Midday, bang up [...] back to your cells.
at bang-up, n.2
[UK] Clement & La Frenais Porridge [TV scripts passim].
at in the clarts under clart, n.
[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘New Faces, Old Hands’ Porridge [TV script] He’s the one I brought up from Brixton. Knows the score.
at know the score (v.) under score, n.2
[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘New Faces, Old Hands’ Porridge [TV script] Eight o’clock slop out, eight ten breakfast.
at slop out (v.) under slop, n.1
[UK] Clement & La Frenais ‘New Faces, Old Hands’ Porridge [TV script] Watch out for the bath-house cleaners. [...] Lot of trustee poofs work the bath-house.
at trusty, n.2
[UK] Clement & La Frenais Porridge 2nd Ser. i. 140/1: D’you know I was only out the cell for half an hour, but in that time some scroat whipped the rest.
at scrote, n.
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