Green’s Dictionary of Slang
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 341: If you don’t keep your house [...] in apple-pie order – you know the consequences.at apple-pie order, n.
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 26: As the dice were being thrown, he kept exclaiming, in a meaningless way, ‘O bli’ me! O bli’ me!’.at blimey!, excl.
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 344: You had better boss up. Remember that your husband is watching you.at boss up, v.
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 49: At ‘knock-off time’ Senior and his gang of Kaffirs went to receive their week’s wages.at knock-off, n.
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 265: They believed dealings with her after the death of Morris would bring them ‘shlemozel’.at shemozzle, n.
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 77: I am too slim for them, believe me.at slim, adj.
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 4: A wide-awake is called in South Africa a smasher.at smasher, n.3
J.R. Couper Mixed Humanity 8: He held out the inducement of a new ‘tom’ being at this establishment – meaning a new barmaid.at tom, n.3
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