1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 158: And all you can do is to sit on that great fat arse of yours and say you’re sorry.at arse, n.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 240: There was Philip, a clever little beggar, with all the natural gifts any boy could ask for.at beggar, n.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 181: A family household brimming with evangelical piety, and one forever frequented by inveterate god-botherers and born-again Baptists.at God-botherer, n.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 95: ‘What happened to Paul Morris?’ [...] ‘Beggered off with Joseph’s wife, like as not.’.at bugger off, v.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 78: The woman who charred for him had seen it several times on his desk.at char, v.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 251: Made me look like a proper Charley, if you ask me.at charlie, n.4
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 116: ‘Is that you, Ruthie dear?’ Who else, you silly old crow?at crow, n.2
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 151: And where the Dickens, he wondered, were they off to now?at dickens, the, phr.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 92: You’ll get a touch of the old Farmer Giles sitting there, sir.at farmer Giles, n.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 160: Why fart around with all that piddling nonsense.at fart about (v.) under fart, v.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 74: Perhaps, thought Morse, she’s not so ga-ga after all?at gaga, adj.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 240: And the parents dote on – guess who? – young, glamour-pants Philip.at glamour pants (n.) under glamour, adj.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 68: He told himself that it didn’t matter two hoots whether the Rawlinson woman was there or not.at hoot, n.2
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 154: Let’s play it safe, Lewis. We really don’t want any more corpses.at play it..., v.
1979 C. Dexter Service of all the Dead (1980) 238: Any why, oh, why, all this peculiar palaver in the church?at palaver, n.