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[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 162: I don’t mind what it looks like. I don’t give a shite.
at not give a shit, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 178: I was just readin’ there yesterday abou’ how sometimes your hormones start actin’ up when you’re pregnant.
at act up, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 70: He’s a Moonie or somethin’, isn’t he? [...] And an arse bandit.
at arse bandit, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 128: You’ve got it bad, haven’t you, Mister Burgess?
at have (got) it bad (v.) under bad, adj.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 96: You got it wrong, Jim. – Wrong me bollix! – Yeh have, I swear. – Me bollix.
at my bollocks! (excl.) under ballocks, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 109: I’d chop his bollix – excuse me, Sharon – off. I would.
at ballocks, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 139: Bollox! I’ve left my watch in work again.
at ballocks!, excl.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 196: Oh, bollix to it.
at ballocks!, excl.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 52: He was just a big thick monkey. – Lookin’ for somwewhere to stick his banana, wha’, said Yvonne. They screamed.
at banana, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 199: Her belly button was like a real button now; inside out.
at belly button (n.) under belly, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 168: I was blemming down Tonlegee Road.
at blemm, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 205: Jackie’s ex, the fella she’d blown out in the ILAC Centre.
at blow out, v.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 37: Serves her righ’, the nosey brasser.
at brasser, n.1
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 31: A woman singin’ Moll-ee My Irish Moll-ee, or somethin’. Miss O’Keefe thinks it’s brilliant but it’s thick.
at brilliant, adj.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 122: He tried the tea. It was brutal.
at brutal, adj.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 89: God, I was buckled.
at buckled, adj.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 171: The one abou’ doin’ the business, yeh know. — Sex?
at do the business (v.) under business, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 35: Hi-dee-hi, campers, Jimmy Jr greeted them all when he came into the kitchen.
at camper, n.2
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 128: You took care of me five months ago. Goodbye, Mister Burgess.
at take care of, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 119: Veronica Rabbitte’s after givin’ poor Doris an awful clatter [...] In the nose.
at clatter, n.2
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 7: One o’ them students, yeh know [...] With a clatter o’ wives back in Africa.
at clatter, n.4
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 62: My round, compadres, said Bertie.
at compadre, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 53: Yeah, Sharon. Congrats, said Mary.
at congrats, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 64: They’ve more cop-on these days. Would you get married if you were tha’ age again these days?
at cop-on, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 128: It’s taken you to make me cop on. You, Sharon.
at cop, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 79: I’ll crease the fucker.
at crease, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 99: Thanks. Rapid. Ah deadly.
at deadly, adj.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 194: He’s upstairs doin’ his DJin’.
at DJ, v.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 10: He wants to be a D.J. – A wha’? – A D.J. A disc jockey.
at DJ, n.
[Ire] R. Doyle Snapper 147: She was making an eejit of him.
at eejit, n.
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