“A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if looks were acid baths the two she collects from us would reduce her to gristle quicker than Mrs. Durand-Deacon.” CrimeNoirTrue CrimeSlangHard BoiledPatoisEnglish Crime Book:The Crust on its Uppers Source: The Crust on its Uppers
“You Englishmen,’ said Herr Wurter. ‘You are all the same. Wherever you are you behave as if you were at home and your word was law.” CrimeHumourEnglishmenEnglishCrime ThrillerCrime Ficiton Book:The Crust on its Uppers Source: The Crust on its Uppers
