1985 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.
1985 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.
1985 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
1985 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.
1985 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.
1985 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.
1985 M. Johnston Around the Banks of Pimlico 115: That bloody canat is never around when he’s wanted .at kinat, n.
1985 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
1985 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
1985 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.
1985 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
1985 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
1985 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