1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 116: She was always turning up with some [...] little flimflam that went hay-wire after a day or two.at flim-flam, n.
1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 320: It was bad luck that their fridge had gone flooey.at go flooey (v.) under flooey!, excl.
1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 201: I stopped cleaning the pool. It filled up with green gick.at gick, n.
1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 333: ‘Jesus, what are you talking about? [...] Don’t hand me that’.at hand, v.
1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 292: Fran’s a big tall drink of water.at long drink (of water) (n.) under long, adj.
1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 196: This Ross guy spent his time repairing things [...] I had his number, Mr Fixit.at Mr Fixit (n.) under Mr, n.
1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 27: ‘Look at the ass on that’ [...] ‘Some jokers like their quim fat’.at quim, n.
1976 R. Carver Stories (1985) 356: ‘For shit’s sake!’ she said.at for shit’s sake! (excl.) under shit, n.