10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAVE TICKETS ON ONESELF»
Discover the use of
have tickets on oneself in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
have tickets on oneself and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
2 to have tickets on Austral To have a high opinion of; esp. to have tickets on
oneself, to be conceited. 1908–. J. HIBBERD You're the bastard that's always
been smug and had tickets on himself (1970). 3 A (counterfeit) pass or passport.
1969–.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
2
A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... run of something) have the runs (have a run) have the say (have a say) have
the time (have a time) have the use of something (have a use for something)
have the wit to do something (have one 's wit about one) have tickets on oneself (
get a ...
... -wmmm'iEmmmz^ \ i meal ticket M. MEAL to have tickets on oneself (iH] I ''If l'l ft
; tickle slap and tickle ii SLAP tickled pink/ to death (P) < # (We were tickled thrum
tickle 569.
... cropper/ gutser crack onto dip one's lid fartarse around feel like a shag on a
rock get a guernsey get stuck into somebody give a bumsteer hang out for have
tickets on oneself in the raw/nuddy lash at it live on the smell of an oily rag pash (
on) ...
5
The Chambers Dictionary
... a railway porter who collects tickets; tick et-punch an instrument for punching
holes in tickets; tick et-writer an expert in lettering who writes placards for shop
windows, etc; tick et-writing — have tickets on oneself (.-tu.\tr slang) to be
conceited; ...
6
Speaking Our Language: The Story of Australian English
... rain' (1912);58 mad as a cut snake 'very crazy' or 'very angry' (1917); have
tickets on oneself ''to be conceited; have a high opinion of oneself (1918), where '
tickets' may refer to betting tickets (a person is so conceited that he backs himself)
, ...
things are crook at Tallarook also things are weak at Julia Creek Things are not
good at all. throw a map also throw sixers To vomit. throw a seven To collapse or
die. tickets on oneself See have tickets on oneself. tin-arse also tin-bum A very ...
8
Australian words and their origins
S. In the phr. to have tickets on (a person or thing), to hold in nigh esteem; esp. to
have tickets on oneself, to be conceited. [N.Z. 1908 W.H. Koebel Anchorage 140,
I don't know whether she's got any tickets on me.) 1918 B. Reynolds Dawn ...
9
New Zealand English and English in New Zealand
Try to find out the meanings of any you are not familiar with. anklebiter bat the
breeze be off one 's nana bulldust come the raw prawn don 't get off your bike!
esky go for your life! have tickets on oneself hostie in the nuddy journo 6 The use
of ...
Elizabeth Gordon, Tony Deverson, 1998
10
Beyond the Black Stump
This is the sun-baked setting for Nevil Shute's novel of a romance that is tested by the differences between two young people's home lives.
