1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: Do you think I give a twopenny damn about his life?at not give a tuppenny damn, v.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: We’ve got two thousand Jocks up in the jungle suffering from the screaming ab-dabs.at screaming abdabs (n.) under abdabs, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: He’s knocking about with this girl who’s a sort of nurse in a military hospital.at knock about, v.1
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: Are you looking for trouble, bamforth? Because if you are, you can have it, and no messing.at no messing (about) under mess about, v.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: bamforth: Tuesdays and Wednesdays he’s going steady with an Eisteddfod. / smith: Come again?at come again!, excl.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: I’ve got a little skin and blister back in Blighty. Twelve years old.at skin-and-blister, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: Fred Karno’s mob. That’s what you are, Fred Karno’s mob.at Fred Karno’s army, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: He’s after you. Chases you round from haircut to breakfast time.at from arsehole to breakfast (time) under arsehole, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: There’s no more buckshees for the Nippo, Bamforth.at baksheesh, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: whitaker: Right, Sarge. Don’t think it’s going to do much good. mitchem: Keep bashing.at bash on (v.) under bash, v.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: They know we’re round about here somewhere. Why else would they be bashing out the patter on the set?at bash out (v.) under bash, v.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: We’ll have to belt it like the clappers out of hell. We can’t afford to hang about.at belt, v.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: One of them bints in a long black hat and bits of lace.at bint, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: And you lot want to string the fives on Tojo just because he’s got a Blighty fag case.at Blighty, adj.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: I could have flogged it for a fortune back in Blighty.at Blighty, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: The congregation will rise and sing the hymn that’s hanging up behind the door of the bog.at bog, n.1
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: And so you pull the big brave hero bull [...] Aren’t you the boy?at boy, the, n.2
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: The third day’s hump we’re on – three days out and bright boy’s sweating on a kit inspection!at bright boy (n.) under bright, adj.3
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: And you lot want to string the fives on Tojo just because he’s got a Blighty fag case.at string the fives on (v.) under bunch of fives, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: I’ve told you – I don’t go a bundle on this death and glory stuff.at go a bundle on (v.) under bundle, n.1
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: Haven’t any of you got the guts to go the bundle?at go the bundle (v.) under bundle, n.1
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: Have a butcher’s at the corset ads on the last page.at have a butcher’s (at) (v.) under butcher’s hook, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: You know what Blighty is these days, do you? It’s a carve up, son. A rotten carve up.at carve-up, n.
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act II: Then, one day, this poor Charlie winds up with a bird.at charlie, n.2
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: Nippo snappers, Sarge. Two Jap kids. Couple of chicos.at chico, n.1
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: I’m going to grab a weekend off, and chuff the expense.at chuff, v.1
1959 W. Hall Long and the Short and the Tall Act I: If he’d have pulled the pins on one of them grenades we’d all of us been up the shoot!at up the chute under chute, n.