1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 178: Well, ’e’d ’ad more’n a few when ’e left the Arms.at have a few (v.) under few, a, n.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 53: Wakey-wakey! [...] Show a leg there! Rise and shine!at show a leg!, excl.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 53: Wakey-wakey! [...] Show a leg there! Rise and shine!at rise and shine!, excl.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 187: Oh, ’e’s laid up, duck. No, just one of ’is turns. Ooh, like a bear with a sore ’ead.at bear, n.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 85: If he threw the term ‘bolshie’ about the Mess as if it had meaning – he was comic relief.at bolshie, adj.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 17: Bugger me, I’m dying upwards!at bugger me! (excl.) under bugger, v.1
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 158: Well, what’s on your mind? Choke up! Choke up, chicken!at choke (up), v.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 137: Charlie listened, and outside the crocus (‘barred from Harley Street for saving a Woman’s Honour’) shifted his broken shoes.at crocus (metallorum), n.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 142: Export Only. Flawed. Let you ’ave it dead cheap.at dead, adv.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 149: An afternoon at Lords was not much in his line [...] the linen-frocked, the dog-collared and the panama-hatted.at dog-collar (n.) under dog, n.2
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 62: That? ’S an elephant. Elephant with duck’s disease.at duck’s disease (n.) under duck, n.1
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 140: What game yer think you’re playing. Scarper [...] Yeah. I’m telling yer. Fade.at fade, v.2
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 64: ‘You look fed,’ said Beryl [...] Yes, June acknowledged, she was fed.at fed up, adj.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 62: He watched her sorting coppers with a doubtful grin. [...] ‘There, you’ll ’ave to take two farthings.’ ‘Two jam jars?’.at jam jar, n.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 40: ‘Why, kid, oh kiddo!’ He punched the other’s arm.at kiddo, n.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 143: ‘I don’t grumble. I enjoy life. Only this ain’t a bleeding life, it’s a ---’ ‘Language!’ She moved off, ‘Language!’.at language!, excl.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 9: ‘Back on the old barrow?’ ‘Ah, nark that [...] Done working for a living.’.at nark, v.2
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 145: Poncing about all the times in a flash suit and binoculars.at ponce about (v.) under ponce, v.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 11: Take a look at this load. Crockery! Ever see a shower like it!? Wouldn’t a give it to a orphans’ ’ome before the war.at shower of shit (n.) under shower, n.
1952 C. Harris Death of a Barrow Boy 53: Wakey-wakey! [...] Show a leg there! Rise and shine!at wakey, wakey!, excl.