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[Ire] A. Roberts Rasherhouse 83: But inanyway, he used to pay me three hundred pound, so he did. For nuttin’ special like, just a double barrel.’ 'A double wha’?’ ‘Double barrel! That's when they want to come twice like, ya know?’.
at double-barrel, n.2
[Ire] A. Roberts Rasherhouse n.p.: ‘Ay Betty,’ a voice Mags had not heard before, shouted from a window. ‘Who’s the new bit of stuff in the Rasherhouse?’ [BS].
at bit of stuff, n.
[Ire] A. Roberts Rasherhouse 47: Will I give ya a borstal mark, Mags? T'would look great on ya, honest.
at borstal mark, n.
[Ire] A. Roberts Rasherhouse 23: ‘Ahh, a bread snapper, ah God help ya. How old?’ [...] ‘Six months.’ .
at breadsnapper (n.) under bread, n.1
[Ire] A. Roberts Rasherhouse 151: Jasus, that’s brillo, Betty. Ya sure but?
at brill, adj.
[Ire] A. Roberts Rasherhouse n.p.: ‘Ay Betty,’ a voice Mags had not heard before, shouted from a window. ‘Who’s the new bit of stuff in the Rasherhouse?’ [BS].
at Rasherhouse, n.
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