1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 9: I’m not your wet nurse, you know. I’m not your private arse-wiper. Try and use a bit of initiative, sonny!at arse-wiper, n.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 16: I was going to have a blitz on the crosswords this afternoon.at blitz, n.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 34: I’d have cooked din-dins for both of us.at din-din, n.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 177: I’m doing it for a load of crap called Leisure and Pleasure magazine.at load of, n.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 177: It’s a week off from the stinking office, with nothing to do but [...] get some serious drinking done.at serious, adj.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 9: I’d scare the living shits out of you lot.at scare the (living) shit(s) out of (v.) under shit, the, phr.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 14: The eternal problem of how we may best put the skids under out friend Mounce.at put the skids under (v.) under skids, n.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 143: The old publican went off his head and shut himself up in the snug with an ex-War Department Verey pistol.at snug, n.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 8: They’re a spotty lot of pix, anyway. I don’t care what spotty caption you put on them.at spotty, adj.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 109: Once you start swotting there’s no end to it. That’s what put me off studying.at swot, v.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 47: He was tight as a tick, poor fellow.at tight as a tick (adj.) under tight, adj.
1967 M. Frayn Towards the End of Morning (2000) 9: If this was the Express, and not just a load of toilet paper, I’d have fired you.at toilet, n.