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All the Trees were Green choose

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[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 110: ‘You got to put on a bit of the Algy, you know.’ To elucidate this point, he screwed an imaginary monocle into his eye; drew in his lower jaw, and said ‘Bai Jove’.
at Algie, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 312: God bless us: this beats Bannigan.
at beat Bannagher (v.) under Bannagher, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 137: ‘And how are you, Count?’ ‘Bobbish, me boy.’.
at bobbish, adj.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 264: What a carve up; what a carve up [...] Oh, dear ... were we tight?
at carve-up, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 144: Did ye think that my boy was going to crook ye?
at crook, v.1
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 40: The girls made what is called a ‘dead set’ at me.
at dead set, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 305: Everything okey-doke up at the mansion?
at okey-doke, adj.1
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 271: Refusing an invitation to drink a ‘final’.
at final, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 186: He said: ‘Well: here’s fun: and many thanks,’ and gulped his wine down.
at here goes!, excl.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 230: The older ladies will exhibit ankles like a Mullingar heifer’s as they paddle.
at Mullingar heifer, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 138: Now, lookee here, Browning.
at lookee here!, excl.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 109: South West’s your District: and a damn’ good ’un, too, if you’ve got the intros.
at intro, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 292: If you have your capital locked up safe and sound, you know that you can never be left in the lurch.
at lurch, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 100: We’ve plenty who come here to mike in pubs and tea-shops instead of getting on with the job.
at mike, v.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 265: So here I was in London without a sausage.
at sausage, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 304: Those sparklers must’ve set you back a bit.
at set someone back (v.) under set, v.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 80: There’s going to be a shine over that.
at shine, n.2
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 172: It’s a snip!
at snip, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 264: D’you remember [...] that ould strap that said she was my wife?
at strap, n.1
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 290: ‘Haven’t ye anything to buy drinks with?’ [...] ‘Not a Thomas Tilling.’.
at thomas tilling, n.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 265: I arrived in London without a tossing coin.
at tossing, adj.
[UK] M. Harrison All the Trees were Green 264: D’ye remember the willy-boy who came into the bar, and I asked ’m why he’d powder on ’s face?
at willie, n.1
[UK] C. Richter Trees 23: Some turned head over tincup till it made a body dizzy to watch.
at head over teakettle (adv.) under head, n.
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