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Dain Curse 284: ‘You’ve taken enough of a licking. And, legally, you’re entitled to beat the jump if ever anybody was’.at beat the jump (v.) under beat, v.
Dain Curse 284: ‘You’ve taken enough of a licking. And, legally, you’re entitled to beat the jump if ever anybody was’. Dain Curse 256: ‘How do you figure her--only fifty cards to her deck?’.at only fifty cards to (someone’s) deck (adj.) under card, n.2
Dain Curse 174: [of morphine] ‘Might be tough on her,’ I said irritably, ‘but it’s necessary enough. Anyway, she’s coked-up and better able to stand the shock than she will be later, when the stuff's dying out in her’ [ibid.] 199: I tried to figure out her calmness. I had seen her coked to the ears before, but this wasn’t that.at coked (up), adj.
Dain Curse 274: ‘The spick’s got herself a chive,’ he said pleasantly. [. . . .] ‘Well, keep an eye on her [...] seeing that you’re the lad she dog-eyes most, and it’s most likely you that’ll get whittled on’.at dog-eye, v.
Dain Curse (2007) 210: ‘How’s the literary grift go?’ I asked.at grift, n.
Dain Curse 275: ‘Mr. Andrews [i.e. the executor of a decedent’s estate] thinks you suspect him’ ‘He’s right’ ‘Of what do you suspect him?’ ‘Juggling the estate’.at juggle, v.
Dain Curse 231: ‘Anyway, nobody’s tried to kill her. It’s her friends who get the knock-off’.at knock-off, n.
Dain Curse 168: When we reached the Temple door I had to caution him: ‘Try not breathing so hard. Everything will probably be oke’.at oke, adj.
Dain Curse 217: We wanted him for spreading reams of orphan paper through the Northwest [. . . .] ‘He never thought enough of me to risk passing any bum checks so I could have things,’ she complained.at orphan paper, n.
Dain Curse 162: His sunburned face was dingy without pinkness, and he had forgotten to put stickum on his hair.at stickum, n.
Dain Curse 198: He stammered: ‘I didn’t--didn’t mean so they’ll hang anybody really. [. . . .] But couldn’t it be fixed for him to get away?’ [...] ‘Turn it off," I growled. ‘You’re wasting our time’ .at turn it down (v.) under turn, v.1
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