1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 137: ‘Say, Guin, why don’t you live in a place with an elevator?’ ‘Garn. This house is a hundred years old.’ ‘Then it’s time they gave it back to the Abos.’.at abo, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 323: It would only need Claire to complain about appointments in private rooms during Salon hours and the fat would be in the fire.at fat is in the fire, (all) the, phr.
1951 Cusack & James Come In Spinner (1960) 300: Low profits and quick turnover, and this is the glassy marble.at glassy (alley), the, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 33: ‘Tell me you love me just to keep me going while I’m waiting.’ ‘Get along with you.’.at get along with you!, excl.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 329: Gawd, it’s good to hit the old Steak-and-Kid again.at steak and kidney, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 426: We’ll hop downstairs and break the news to the little old cheese-and-kisses in the bar.at cheese and kisses, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 386: If he turns me out like that I’ll be happy to cough up the ante without squealing.at ante, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 264: Aw, go bag your head. It makes me want to puke when I hear you fellows going on with all this purity bunk, after putting the hard word on all the girls from Sydney to London.at bag your head! (excl.) under bag, v.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 269: You look a ball of muscle tonight.at ball of muscle (n.) under ball, n.1
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 50: Sherwood reckons there’s more boloney talked about the American standard of living than anything else.at baloney, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 203: This place is lousy with bashers and thugs.at basher, n.1
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 222: Deb, if you want me to help you, it’s not good beating about the bush.at beat about the bush (v.) under beat, v.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 266: Cripes, what a mug he’d been, just another one of those big mouths he secretly despised.at bigmouth, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 26: Blast that Ursula, I wish to God we could get someone else on the desk.at blast, v.1
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 329: What with the Yanks blewing their cheques and the home-front Aussies takin’ ’em down, you’d think you was back with the Froggies in the last war.at blew, v.2
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 332: One more squeak out of you and I’ll knock yer bloody block off.at knock someone’s block off (v.) under block, n.1
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 320: Yer like a bloke with his first skirt—done yer block over her.at do one’s block (v.) under block, n.1
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 392: Pointing the bone at me, are you, you old witch?at point the bone, v.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 203: I don’t fancy having some of the talent round here putting the boot into me.at put the boot in (v.) under boot, the, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 38: There’s too much bootlickin’ around here, as it is.at bootlick, v.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 329: And are they booze-artists! Boy, we thought we could put it away, but they beat us hollow.at booze artist (n.) under booze, n.
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 319: Take a look at them fat old bozos out in the other room and see what high livin’ and drink and no exercise does to yer.at bozo, n.1
1951 Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 26: If you come down to brass tacks, Molesworth practically runs the pub.at get down to brass tacks (v.) under brass tacks, n.