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Odd Spot of Bother 71: I’ve had one lot of bad eggs in the flatlette after another. First those disgraceful girls, and now this.at bad egg (n.) under bad, adj.
Odd Spot of Bother 71: I’ve had one lot of bad eggs in the flatlette after another. First those disgraceful girls, and now this. Odd Spot of Bother 122: Of all the barflies, shout-dodgers [...] and other hopeful hangers-on.at bar-fly, n.
Odd Spot of Bother 122: Of all the barflies, shout-dodgers, compo-kings, touch-artists, takes, spruikers, bludgers, spongers, and other hopeful hangers-on.at compo artist (n.) under compo, n.
Odd Spot of Bother 158: ‘Now you’re cooking with gas,’ said Esso.at cook with gas (v.) under cook, v.1
Odd Spot of Bother 20: Old George was going to be pretty cut-up.at cut up, adj.1
Odd Spot of Bother 53: When a bloke gets the sack there’s not much else he can do about it except drag his hook – move off and look for another job.at drag one’s hook (v.) under drag, v.1
Odd Spot of Bother 115: You’re just an ordinary bloke who’s fluked a roll in a raffle.at fluke, v.2
Odd Spot of Bother 142: If this bloke’s having me on I’m going to be in the gun for the price of the drinks, as well as what he already owes me.at in the gun under gun, n.1
Odd Spot of Bother 128: The cheeky hound put it back on the table.at hound, n.
Odd Spot of Bother 85: Why, I’d have staff trouble on my hands before I could say Jack Robinson!at before one can say Jack Robinson under Jack Robinson, n.
Odd Spot of Bother 125: He swung a panicky leg out of the bed and knocked over a nearly full bottle of Merry Widow.at merry widow, n.1
Odd Spot of Bother 116: Why don’t you nick down to one of those places on Glass Street and get them to fit you out with some flash mocker?at mocker, n.1
Odd Spot of Bother 114: It’s a wonder some of the banks and insurance companies haven’t been putting the nips into you to invest in some of their capers.at put the nips in(to) (v.) under nip, v.1
Odd Spot of Bother 50: So Windy began trotting Jill Worth. Films, picnics, lunch together on paydays.at trot (out), v.
Odd Spot of Bother 26: We’d better push on.at push on (v.) under push, v.
Odd Spot of Bother 66: He was very strict about only putting it across people who could afford it.at put it across (v.) under put, v.1
Odd Spot of Bother 122: Of all the barflies, shout-dodgers [...] and other hopeful hangers-on.at shout, n.
Odd Spot of Bother 115: You could shout yourself a flash car.at shout, v.
Odd Spot of Bother 66: If he was working his fruit-and-vegetable-slinter [...] he’d cut off a pound and a half, absent-mindedly leave the knife sitting on the scales as he weighed it out at a pound and three-quarters.at slanter, n.1
Odd Spot of Bother 96: If I had that kind of money I wouldn’t be socking back gins in a dump like this.at sock, v.1
Odd Spot of Bother 122: Of all the barflies, shout-dodgers, compo-kings, touch-artists, takes, spruikers, bludgers, spongers, and other hopeful hangers-on.at touch artist (n.) under touch, n.1
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