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[Ire] J. Plunkett Coll. Short Stories 81: ‘That’s the photograph you see in front of you,’ John Joe said. ‘The boys setting off to get the bowler’ .
at bowler, n.2
[Ire] J. Plunkett Coll. Short Stories 281: Naturally, there was no sense at all in singing to a house as poor as that. ‘You’re bunched, Danny,’ I said .
at bunched, adj.
[Ire] J. Plunkett Coll. Short Stories 219: In the Stag’s Head Higgins said he could eat a farmer’s arse, so they had sandwiches .
at could eat a farmer’s arse (through a hedge) under eat, v.
[Ire] J. Plunkett Coll. Short Stories 42: I’m not offering jembo over there any. He drank enough free whiskey to satisfy a bishop .
at jem, n.2
[Ire] J. Plunkett Coll. Short Stories 282: The kid lit into the biscuits right away and Danny went up to pay for them.
at light into (v.) under light, v.1
[Ire] J. Plunkett Coll. Short Stories 277: The majority up there is young blades getting parlatic on the smell of a cork .
at palatic, adj.
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