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[Aus] C. Ashley ‘This Town Is My Town’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Nobody really gave a shit except those who lost their jobs.
at give a shit, v.
[Aus] J.J. DeCeglie ‘Death Cannot Be Delegated’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] I’d lost more than that amount in just over two hours on at least three separate occasions. Poker typically, some horse action too.
at action, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson ‘In Savage Freedom’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] ‘You need water?’ ‘I need Hammer.’ ‘None left’.
at hammer and tack, n.
[Aus] A. Prentice ‘The Break’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] The two guys they sent [...] knew his history and were going to act smart-arse about it.
at smart-arse, adv.
[Aus] G. Johnstone ‘No Through Road’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] The thing’s gone arse over tit quicker than you could blink.
at arse over tit under arse, n.
[Aus] A. Prentice ‘The Break’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] If Matt hadn’t already hit someone tonight, he might have done something really dumb and clobbered the tall smartarse.
at smart-arse, n.
[Aus] A. Savage ‘Killing Peacocks’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Kangaroo, my arse. Trevor had to be behind it.
at my arse! (excl.) under arse, n.
[Aus] J.J. DeCeglie ‘Death Cannot Be Delegated’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] His fatarse paunch sitting on the felt of the table banking ball after ball.
at fat-arse, adj.
[Aus] G. Johnstone ‘No Through Road’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] The arse end of them [i.e. rifles] is a rich wood.
at arse-end, n.
[Aus] J.J. DeCeglie ‘Death Cannot Be Delegated’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Sore about [...] her dumbarse plan goin to hell.
at dumb-ass, adj.
[Aus] J.J. DeCeglie ‘Death Cannot Be Delegated’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Crazy arse broad.
at crazy-ass, adj.
[Aus] G. Johnstone ‘No Through Road’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] He brought round a little bag of weed and we got baked.
at baked, adj.
[Aus] A. Bergen ‘Dread Fellow Churls’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Vain enough to apply a comb-over to bamboozle short-sighted folks.
at bamboozle, v.
[Aus] A. Savage ‘Killing Peacocks’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Trevor was dishing out the bangers.
at banger, n.3
[Aus] P. Corris ‘Prodigal Son’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] You’ll have to excuse my caution [...] I was bashed in the street a few days ago.
at bash, v.
[Aus] A. Nette ‘Chasing Atlantis’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Chance [...] wondered how the old bastard had scored a catch like her.
at bastard, n.
[Aus] F. McCarthy ‘Some Protection’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Mac doing the Bay [...] In jail he’d had a few blues, taking on fat fuckwit bikies.
at Bay, the, n.
[Aus] A. Bergen ‘Dread Fellow Churls’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] The iris was a faded variant of the bean-shooter between us. Grey.
at bean-shooter, n.1
[Aus] C. Ashley ‘This Town Is My Town’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] What started as a shoving match ended with a beat-down.
at beat-down, n.
[Aus] J.J. DeCeglie ‘Death Cannot Be Delegated’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] You could bet your motherfucking arse on that.
at bet one’s (sweet) ass (v.) under bet, v.
[Aus] A. Nette ‘Chasing Atlantis’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] The remnants of the counter culture faced off against [...] hard-core Bible thumpers.
at bible-thumper (n.) under bible, n.
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson ‘In Savage Freedom’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Ogilvie, hoping to turn me, loading me for bitty possession.
at bitty, adj.
[Aus] A. Savage ‘Killing Peacocks’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Trev’s great when he doesn’t have the black dog at his heels.
at black dog, n.2
[Aus] L. Redhead ‘Grassed’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] ‘You want to blast it [i.e. methamphetamine]?’ [...] ‘Whoa [...] Nobody’s using needles in my studio’.
at blast, v.1
[Aus] A. Bergen ‘Dread Fellow Churls’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] I’d [...] laid out the blighter with a cricket bat.
at blighter, n.
[Aus] G. Johnstone ‘No Through Road’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] They’ve got some fucken black thing, unmarked, and a blue and white.
at blue-and-white (n.) under blue, adj.1
[Aus] A. Prentice ‘The Break’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] The wrinkled old boatie in a captain’s cap [...] and deck shoes.
at boatie (n.) under boat, n.1
[Aus] D. Whish-Wilson ‘In Savage Freedom’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Starting with Sulphate back in the eighties, bog-standard Crank.
at bog-standard, adj.
[Aus] L. Jose ‘Underhooks’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Bentley took a hit from his bong.
at bong, n.1
[Aus] G. Johnstone ‘No Through Road’ in Crime Factory: Hard Labour [ebook] Your ex-wife is knocking boots with a gawky finance twat.
at knock boots (with) (v.) under boots, n.4
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