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Around the Banks of Pimlico choose

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[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 94: I had never been to a party in my life and so I was quite excited. The world and Garrett Reilly were there .
at all the world and his wife, n.
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 102: Strange things were always happening to him and Uncle Christy on their many journeys out to ‘do the bona fide’ after the city pubs had closed .
at bona fide, n.
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 63: Among the people themselves there existed the most genuine support and neighbourly assistance. We lived in each other’s ears .
at live in someone’s ear (v.) under ear, n.1
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 78: On Sundays Johnny Tynan never came around [selling papers], we had Gollier instead. He was a tall, skinny man with a permanently runny nose and he was always spitting .
at gollier, n.
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 114: My mother’s last involvement with the jew-man was when she borrowed for my Confirmation from Mr Glick .
at Jewman, n.
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 114: On the Kathleen Mavourneen system (the never-never) the tenement rooms were furnished .
at kathleen mavourneen system (n.) under kathleen mavourneen, n.
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 115: That bloody canat is never around when he’s wanted .
at kinat, n.
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 114: On the Kathleen Mavoureen system (the never-never) the tenement rooms were furnished .
at never-never, the, n.2
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico n.p.: After washing and dressing herself she would let down her hair and ‘rack’ it with a big comb [BS].
at rack, v.1
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico n.p.: As Saturday night wore on a carnival atmosphere was generated as the pubs filled up, the hooleys began and the ‘ruggy-ups’ erupted [BS].
at rucking, n.
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 79: He could be very abusive with strangers passing by and the children going to school in Francis Street were forever jeering him for a bit of a skit .
at skit, n.1
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 115: Uncle Christy was a very quiet cheerful man who was everybody’s favourite [...] especially in the pubs, where he threw money around like snuff at a wake .
at like snuff at a wake (adv.) under snuff, n.2
[Ire] M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 86: The queue for the Tivo was an exercise in self-inflicted torture. We would all line up for the woodeners outside the lane in Francis Street .
at woodener, n.2
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