1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 128: I look modern; you’d never think it was long, long ago. The flares on Charlo’s trousers are the big give-away. And the hairstyles.at give-away, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 98: No barrelling down the stairs like he was Starsky or Hutch.at barrel, v.2
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 118: I think it’s stupid, said Charlo. – We like it, said Daddy. It’s a kid’s programme, said Charlo. – We like it. – It’s brutal.at brutal, adj.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 53: All kids robbed; they were wild and then they stopped when they grew up. They didn’t need the buzz.at buzz, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 1: He changed the bell, after I chewed his ear and nearly wet myself five or six times a day.at chew someone’s ear, v.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 88: Charlo once gave him a hiding. He had it coming to him.at hiding, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 80: If you do that for me, I said, – she’ll go to the shops and get me my jam-rags for me.at jam rag (n.) under jam, n.2
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 136: The priest. I can’t remember his name. A real lemon-sucker.at lemon-sucker (n.) under lemon, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 57: She was licking up to Carmel.at lick up (to) (v.) under lick, v.2
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 61: She put a mug of tea in front of me. – Loads of sugar in it.at loads of, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 105: He scored a hat-trick on Sunday. Isn’t that massive now?at massive, adj.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 80: I used to mess with myself thinking about him [...] I could come in thirty seconds, no problem, thinking about him.at mess, v.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 191: He’d have been a leader [...] Standing up and speaking in the Dáil, tearing strips off the Minister for Social Welfare.at tear off a strip (v.) under tear off, v.2
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 166: I had to make sure I wasn’t caught alone in the hall or bathroom or I’d get pawed by a brother.at paw, v.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 13: It was only a bucket with a fancy lid on it [...] Roger was determined that he was going to piddle into it.at piddle, v.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 120: He was different too. He’d become a bitter little pill and a bully.at pill, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 20: We called every fella that wasn’t ugly a ride.at ride, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 31: She was as mad as shite.at as shit (adv.) under shit, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 18: I said the word Penis like I’d said Desk or Road. Erect. Menstruation. Vagina. Tampon. Headache. Great words; I frightened the shite out of them.at frighten the shite out of (v.) under shite, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 152: We played the slots – we were the only ones in the arcade.at slot, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 62: Nicola was something else.at something else! (excl.) under something, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 161: What did they yell at him? Stop? Halt? Stick’m up?at stick ’em up! (excl.) under stick, v.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 90: It would keep me on my toes, knowing that someone knew what I was up to.at on one’s toes under toe, n.
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 13: He had the lid up and his willy out when Daddy caught him.at willie, n.5
1996 R. Doyle Woman Who Walked Into Doors 32: She was wired to the moon but she was harmless.at wired (up) to the moon (adj.) under wired, adj.1