Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Quotation search

Date

 to 

Country

Author

Source Title

Source from Bibliography

Holy Smoke choose

Quotation Text

[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 38: Th’ Israelites are beltin’ across like men with ten legs.
at like a..., phr.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 86: You wouldn’t have a clue where to start once you got a pen in your hand – your paper ’d be marked like a pakapoo ticket!
at like a pakapoo ticket under like a..., phr.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 67: Y’know the Abos reckon it was a frog that made the Flood, don’cha?
at abo, n.
[Aus] (con. 1928) Saltbush Bill & S. Gore Holy Smoke 79: A drop of Africa speaks from the vineyards.
at Africa speaks, n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 51: He does a bit of a grin to Himself, and he says, ‘That’s one up against your duckhouse, Jonah!’.
at up against one’s duckhouse under up against, phr.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 31: What sort of an Alec does he take me for.
at alec, n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 24: Y’know what happened when I’m at th’ Alice the other day?
at Alice, The, n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 52: Gorblimey O’Reilly! Here’s the father and mother of a storm blowin’.
at father (and mother) of..., n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 62: Now wouldn’t it be up to the vineyard boss to come along with his strong-arm men and do these larrikins over?
at strong-arm man (n.) under strong-arm, adj.
[Aus] (con. 1928) S. Gore Holy Smoke 93: Fot the sake of yer old man, don’t fiddlearse around playin’ the goat all the rest of yer life.
at fiddle-arse, v.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 8: ‘Pigs’, calmly retorted old Bill. ‘I say pigs to that sayin’.’.
at pig’s arse!, excl.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 30: He’d have to be pretty arsey, wouldn’t he? Seein’ he’s a Jew, and it’s them Philistine bludgers that draw it!
at arsey, adj.1
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 12: He’s been a bash artist ever since he was a tin lid.
at -artist, sfx
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 65: She’d go mad as a beetle trying to make up her mind which old man was which.
at mad as..., adj.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 59: Can’t you see this joker’s properly awake up?
at awake, adj.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 63: If the foreman builder was to knock back a bit of crook stone.
at knock back, v.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 79: ‘Actually she’s a half-squarie—’ ‘What they call a bag-swinger, down in the city?’ ‘Ribuck, mate!’.
at bag-swinger (n.) under bag, n.1
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 34: He had to pull one outa the hat to help his cobber, Moses!
at pull something out of the bag (v.) under bag, n.1
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 8: It depends on yer attitude of mind and who you’ve got barrackin’ for yer.
at barrack, v.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 82: Don’t go shoving your beak around the door while all the stoush is on.
at beak, n.2
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 51: You’ll come a big belly-thumper if you don’t watch out!
at bellyflop, n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 36: He always has – you can bet yer boots on that, Blue.
at bet one’s boots (v.) under bet, v.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 74: Big mob land now, orright. Betcha!
at betcha!, excl.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 52: He’d have probably had the sailors’ union to reckon with if he’d gone stickin’ his bib in.
at stick one’s bib (in) (v.) under bib, n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 33: You’re the bible-bashing expert around here.
at bible-basher (n.) under bible, n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 82: When they finally get back to Joshua they tell him how this Jericho is the best place that side of the black stump. ‘She’s a good drop,’ they say.
at black stump, n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 77: Sand, flies, wait-a-bit thorn, Joe Blakes – the lot.
at joe (blake), n.
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 31: And what the blazes is crawlin’ on you?
at how the blazes! (excl.) under blazes, n.
[Aus] (con. 1928) S. Gore Holy Smoke 96: block: The head.
at block, n.1
[Aus] S. Gore Holy Smoke 39: So here’s the Gyppos [...] yellin’ blue murder.
at blue murder, n.
load more results