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The Dilly Boys choose

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[UK] in M. Harris The Dilly Boys (1973) 57: He told me Stan is staying with a steamer in Notting Hill.
at steamer, n.3
[UK] M. Harris The Dilly Boys 95: A few of the boys [...] had boasted with some of the others at the number of boys they could gather and rely on in case of ‘aggro’ (trouble).
at aggro, n.
[UK] M. Harris The Dilly Boys 33: When he came to London it was only a simple step for him to become a Dilly boy. Homosexuality was [...] becoming the dominant factor in his sexual leanings.
at Dilly boy (n.) under Dilly, the, n.
[UK] M. Harris The Dilly Boys 45: Peter said that he felt he had a need to spend the money he earned as a prostitute as quickly as possible because he looked upon it as ‘dirty money’.
at dirty, adj.
[UK] M. Harris The Dilly Boys 51: Pull up your docks or I know you’ll end up in the Laughing House.
at laughing academy (n.) under laughing, adj.
[UK] M. Harris The Dilly Boys 69: I had responded to steamers who were warm and kind. But this steamer really got me down and I just knew I couldn’t go to bed with him.
at steamer, n.3
[UK] M. Harris The Dilly Boys 82: The boys themselves are known in the homosexual world as rent, hustlers or TBH – ‘to be had.’.
at t.b.h., n.
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