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[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 80: She sat at the cain and abel in the kitchen.
at Cain and Abel, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 79: For Christ’s sake piddle off out of it.
at piss about, v.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 87: It was only when Eileen sent over to say Mrs Howells had not turned up that Pye knew she was what is known as adrift, that is to say absent without leave, a major crime.
at adrift, adj.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 36: Well, it’s all up with you this trip, you silly bastard.
at all up with under all up, adj.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 159: How typical of a psychologist [...] making a song about a black tray.
at make a song and dance (about) (v.) under song and dance, n.1
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 66: I’ll chance my arm on this occasion.
at chance one’s arm (v.) under arm, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 115: She [...] was well away by closing time.
at well away, adj.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 89: I ’appened to be [...] lookin’ through the near window watching the ladies, the birds, the lovely bits of grub go by.
at bird, n.1
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 146: Thinking to himself, what a smashing lump of stuff.
at bit of stuff, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 150: Watch yerself, mate, you’ll be goin’ pickin’ violets off of stones before you’re finished, stone bonk, you will.
at bonkers, adj.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 43: So Pye had played safe, or, as Shiner remarked, boxed clever.
at box clever (v.) under box, v.2
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 165: Yet when it comes down to brass tacks, when somebody takes a fancy to drill him, he’s not even on the premises.
at get down to brass tacks (v.) under brass tacks, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 79: May God in his mercy strike every man of you cissies dead, you cloud of butterflies.
at butterfly, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 82: ’E didn’t ’alf give me a canin’ on dear.
at caning, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 45: If it ain’t me old china, Chopper.
at old china (n.) under china (plate), n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 147: He was dressed in civvies.
at civvies, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 44: ’E’s a mad bastard, cock, no skylark.
at cock, n.2
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 127: I get the buzz they’re intending to crime Mrs ’Owells.
at crime, v.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 159: What sort of a cuss would I be to tell this doctor things my sister’s always kept to herself?
at cuss, n.1
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 108: Oh look at that couple, darling [...] dancing over by the darkie waiter.
at darkie, adj.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 104: He hoped to touch Trant for half a dollar.
at half-dollar, n.1
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 141: He ate his step of bread and jam.
at doorstep, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 115: Mary had taken Ted to a free house for a bite to eat and a drop of the other.
at drop, n.4
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 151: When you said about the Regular what ’ad a sister that got took inside for bein’ sticky fingered in one of the big shops.
at sticky-fingered (adj.) under sticky fingers, n.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 160: Can you remember after you’ve been with ’em?
at go with, v.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 38: The shrieks of that cat on the wall over there, bloody well yelling for her greens.
at greens, n.1
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 45: Come on now, what are you ’aving?
at what will you have?, phr.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 98: We hoicked the old chap down to the country.
at hoick, v.1
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 122: She’s inside, in one o’ them places, right out of ’er mind.
at inside, adj.
[UK] ‘Henry Green’ Caught (2001) 109: Not to mention myself, men like old Piper, who are utterly past it.
at past it, adj.
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