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Brisbane Teleg. 29 Apr. 12/3: ‘As busy as a one-armed paper-hanger with an itch ‘might well describe the activities of timpanist Ralph Benfell .at busy as a one-armed paper-hanger (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
Brisbane Teleg. 29 Apr. 12/3: ‘As busy as a one-armed paper-hanger with an itch ‘might well describe the activities of timpanist Ralph Benfell . Brisbane Teleg. 20 Oct. 4/1: Emile Mercier ‘explains’: ‘Once I drew two metho’ drinkers sitting amid a pile of garbage. With all the empty tins scattered about. I decided to label one and the word I thought of was ‘gravy.’ The idea that hit me was: ‘Whoever heard of gravy in tins?’.at gravy, n.
Brisbane Teleg. 20 May 1/6: The detective told the hotel proprietress that the fellow he was seeking had ‘a dog tied up’ (vernacular for debt) at the boarding house.at tie up a dog (v.) under tie, v.
Brisbane Teleg. 27 Oct. 2/5: They were charged with having [...] played at an unlawful game, ‘Treybit Peter’ [...] when police entered the shed they found the men in a circle around a coir mat on which were a glass and three threepenny pieces.at Treybit Peter (n.) under trey-bit, n.
Brisbane Teleg. 18 June 17/2: [advert] Jack Frost would fight a losing battle against these woolly wear-abouts which combine this season’s two fashion extremes - the slim silhouette for frocks and suits, and the full, swingback line of the tent coat.at whereabouts, n.
Brisbane Teleg. 6 Apr. 8/1: Our London men report that you haven’t really been given top-of-the-pops praise by your boyfriend unless he has called you a Dolly Bird .at dollybird (n.) under dolly, n.1
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