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[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 5: An’ fuck all else to do all day ’cept prickin’ around with synths.
at fuck (all) else (n.) under fuck-all, adj.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 122: I hate him! ( – Oh fuck! said Jimmy.) Warts and all.
at warts and all, phr.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 79: He just ran his fingers through me curly fellas.
at short and curlies, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 68: Now, Dean, make that baby [i.e. saxophone] squeal.
at baby, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 144: Do you paint, Jimmy? – I do in me bollix. [Ibid.] 163: We’ll need two guitars. – We will in our arses, said Outspan. – I’ll use both hands.
at in one’s ballocks under ballocks, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 37: I’d bite your bollix off yeh if yeh went near me, yeh spotty fuck, yeh.
at ballocks, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 95: Come here, you bollox. There’s only one E in Heroin.
at ballocks, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 15: Tha’ bollix ratted on us, d’yis remember?
at ballocks, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 66: He might as well have a bash at Tina.
at bash, n.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 89: He beat the shi’e ou’ o’ the Dean o’ Girls.
at beat the shit out of, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 33: Billy Mooney blammed away at his drums.
at blam, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 154: He called ’melda a prick teaser. An’ tha’ wasn’t on cos she isn’t. So I went to give ’im a boot righ’.
at give someone the boot (v.) under boot, the, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 79: Did he brown yeh, Jimmy? Outspan asked. – No. he just ran his fingers through me curly fellas.
at brown, v.3
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 106: EASY TO BONK YOUR FARE.
at bunk, v.5
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 107: I have to go home. – Me ma will burst me.
at burst, v.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 38: At least we know tha’ Imelda does the business.
at do the business (v.) under business, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 72: That woman is driving me fucking crazy, said Joey The Lips. – She won’t get off my case.
at get off someone’s case (v.) under case, n.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 64: Look, righ’, you could’ve tried to click with her yourself.
at click, v.3
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 39: Cuntish cod, said Deco.
at cod, n.2
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 12: Ah, cop on, said Jimmy. – I was only messin’.
at cop on, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 142: I like the girls. They’re better crack than most o’ the young ones I know. [...] Wha’ abou’ the music? – It’s okay, said Dean. – It’s good crack, yeh know.
at crack, n.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 78: BLACK BIRD ON – TREE TOP – HAS HAD ITS FIRST CRAP.
at crap, n.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 95: Get up there an’ clap or I’ll fuckin’ crease yis.
at crease, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 103: It’s a crumby bloody thing anyway.
at crummy, adj.2
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 11: What’s the soup like? he asked. – Cuntish.
at cuntish (adj.) under cunt, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 109: Now the Sisters, Sonya, Sofia and Tanya, are going to cut loose.
at cut loose, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 85: James Brown, yeh dick.
at dick, n.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 154: He gave Joey a dig. Hurt him.
at dig, n.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 14: Tha’ fuckin’ drip.
at drip, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Commitments 133: James had a bottle of Mister Sheen. He polished the piano. – More elbow grease there, said Outspan.
at elbow grease, n.
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