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[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 76: That cove knew a thing or two!
at know a thing or two, v.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 29: You beat all, you do, you and your ideas.
at beat all (v.) under beat, v.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 167: How about a Regular Blow Out in a Posh Tea shop – does that appeal to any of you?
at blow-out, n.1
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 145: Mr Ruggles opened his eyes wide at this piece of extravagance. ‘Three papers! you have been going a bust!’ he said.
at go in for a bust (v.) under bust, n.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 132: What a cheek – walking in like that!
at cheek, n.2
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 73: You looks a bit chippy. Don’t you be sick here.
at chippy, adj.1
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 40: ‘You’ll cop it!’ said a voice from above.
at cop it, v.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 91: Slipping out quick before Mum could cop them.
at cop, v.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 73: Cute kid, aren’t you!
at cute, adj.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 135: ‘I feels all of a do-da!’ exclaimed Mr Ruggles.
at all of a doodah under doodah, n.1
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 128: I’ll eat my hat if it ain’t that author with all the tins.
at eat one’s hat, v.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 129: I’m fair upset.
at fair, adv.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 38: One lady went so far as to declare that, in her opinion, the whole business was ‘fishy’.
at fishy, adj.2
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 162: ‘Come on, Rosie, old girl!’ cried Uncle Charlie.
at old gal, n.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 135: Well, this was a queer go, thought Rosie.
at go, n.1
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 164: Pack up, quick, they’ll be starting in a jiffy!
at jiffy, n.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 140: ‘Well, Old Man,’ said Rosie, as she kissed her husband ‘good night’.
at old man, n.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 125: £500 reward, and we’d retire for life, mate.
at mate, n.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 72: No more of your monkey tricks here; you’ve come off lucky this time, but it won’t happen twice.
at monkey tricks, n.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 135: Keep your pecker up, old man [...] where there’s life, they says, there’s hope!
at keep one’s pecker up (v.) under pecker, n.2
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 135: Well, this was a queer go, thought Rosie.
at queer, adj.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 138: Two quid! Two quid! Why, it ’ud pay for the lot and leave summat over for Bird.
at quid, n.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 18: She got ragged as it was now she’d begun to go to school.
at rag, v.1
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 109: Mr Hare [...] asked Mr Ruggles if that boy of his was ‘all right’ – ‘his eyes you know’.
at right, adj.
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 160: ‘I’ll skin you!’ cried Mrs Ruggles.
at skin, v.1
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 73: What did you do it for – swank, or do you belong to a gang?
at swank, n.2
[UK] E. Garnett Family from One End Street 152: Bernard Shaw was indeed ‘a treat’ – ‘all dressed up like a dog’s dinner.’.
at treat, n.
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