1956 J. Harvey ‘East Wind on Sunday’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories (1959) 19: Gee, what a boomer! That’s my size!at boomer, n.1
1956 F.B. Vickers ‘The Pommies Club’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories (1959) 31: Ah, Birmingham. Dear old Brum.at Brum, n.
1956 F.B. Vickers ‘The Pommies Club’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories (1959) 29: Tough tucker, old boy. Puts hair on your chest. It’s the tucker to build an Empire on.at put hair(s) on one’s chest (v.) under hair on one’s chest, n.
1956 G.M. Glaskin ‘See You in the Morning’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories (1959) 58: You’ll get ‘private’, you bastard, when you get on civvy street.at civvie street (n.) under civvie, adj.
1956 J. Harvey ‘East Wind on Sunday’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories (1959) 13: An unpleasant, noisy, rowdy larrikin wind.at larrikin, n.
1956 F.B. Vickers ‘The Pommies Club’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories (1959) 30: He was a neat and lean man, short, and natty as a new pin.at natty, adj.
1956 J. Harvey ‘East Wind on Sunday’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories (1959) 18: [of a wave] She’s big [...] She’s a screamer.at screamer, n.
1959 M. Brown ‘Wheelbarrow and the Whirlwind’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories 136: Enough talk—we’ll give it a burl.at give it a burl (v.) under burl, n.
1959 H.H. Wilson ‘Kedi’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories 191: A man’s a fool to sweat his guts out drilling for oil in that hell’s country.at sweat one’s guts out (v.) under gut, n.
1959 M. Brown ‘Wheelbarrow and the Whirlwind’ in Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories 138: He swallowed a whole bottle of happiness pills.at happy pill (n.) under happy, adj.
1959 H. Drake-Brockman ‘The North-west ladies’ West Coast Stories 160: The chap was a hatter—he started looping the loop.at hatter, n.1
1959 H. Drake-Brockman ‘The North-west Ladies’ West Coast Stories 161: Alf wasn’t much of a man for a high-stepper like Mrs. Giblit.at high-stepper, n.1
1959 H. Drake-Brockman ‘The North-west Ladies’ West Coast Stories 157: What about Matron? She’s been the real Mackay, in her day.at real McCoy, the, n.
1959 H. Drake-Brockman ‘The North-west ladies’ West Coast Stories 157: Flat-chested old sticky-beaking romancer, that’s what she is!at stickybeak, v.
1959 H. Drake-Brockman ‘The North-west Ladies’ West Coast Stories 158: Those old tabbies!at tabby, n.
1959 H. Drake-Brockman ‘The North-west Ladies’ West Coast Stories 160: It is a bit thick to swallow, isn’t it?at thick, adj.