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[US] D.R. Pollock ‘The Fights’ in Knockemstiff 194: ‘It was only twenty fucking dollars,’ [...] The last time I’d visited my parents, I’d slipped a lousy Andy Jackson out of my mother’s purse.
at Andrew Jackson, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Real Life’ in Knockemstiff 1: It was hotter than a fat lady’s box that evening.
at ...a witch’s tit under hot as..., adj.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Pills’ in Knockemstiff 53: ‘[T]hese babies [i.e. amphetamines] will get us clar to goddam San Francisco’.
at baby, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Blessed’ in Knockemstiff 178: ‘Shoot, he’ll be out in three months [...] That bag biter can do that standing on his head.
at bag biter (n.) under bag, n.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Blessed’ in Knockemstiff 172: Hooking up with him was big time.
at big-time, adj.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘I Start Overin Knockemstiff 165: Her latest bitch has been over this old car I’m driving.
at bitch, n.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Lard’ in Knockemstiff 89: Porter fired up the bong.
at bong, n.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Fish Sticksin Knockemstiff 96: She kept bugging the shit out of him.
at bug, v.2
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Giganthomachy’ in Knockemstiff 68: She was always bumming lifts from the people that she worked with.
at bum, v.3
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Discipline’ in Knockemstiff 118: [ ]two babes ran up and put hickeys on Bobby’s biceps [...] That even made me hard, watching the one little bitch in the hip-huggers suck on his cannons.
at cannon, n.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘I Start Overin Knockemstiff 166: ‘[T]hat girl is the spittin’ image of you back when you carhopped at the Sumburger’.
at carhop, v.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Honolulu’ in Knockemstiff 190: [She] asked if he was ready to get his cherry popped.
at pop one’s cherry (v.) under cherry, n.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Bactine’ in Knockemstiff 112: She was picking pieces of lint off her frayed sweater, dropping them to the floor like little mashed cooties.
at cootie, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Giganthomachy’ in Knockemstiff 63: [C]ompared to what William and his sister, Lucy, had to go through, I was [...] shittin’ in high cotton.
at shit in high cotton (v.) under high cotton, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Assailants’ in Knockemstiff 127: The speed-freak nurses from the VA hospital were starting early today. First, they’d get cranked up at home, then go out trolling for men in the bars uptown.
at crank, v.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Hair’s Fate’ in Knockemstiff 41: ‘You look like a dern lightbulb’.
at darn, adj.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘’ in Knockemstiff 29: He never has played with a full deck.
at play with a full deck (v.) under deck, n.4
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Real Life’ in Knockemstiff 4: Hard to tell where he’s had those dick skinners.
at dick-skinners (n.) under dick, n.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Giganthomachy’ in Knockemstiff 66: ‘Dickweed,’ Lucy called out to me [...] ‘Cock breath,’ she yipped.
at dick-breath (n.) under dick, n.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Knockemstiff’ in Knockemstiff 25: [L]istening to those goddamn boys run the dogshit out of that old junker some more.
at dogshit, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Discipline’ in Knockemstiff 117: [I] lit up a serious fattie for the long haul back.
at fat one (n.) under fat, adj.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Pills’ in Knockemstiff 58: By the end of the fifth day, we were fried. Now the speed was like water running through our veins, and we couldn’t get off anymore.
at fried, adj.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Assailants’ in Knockemstiff 127: ‘The whole friggin’ neighborhood’s watching us, for Christ’s sakes’.
at frigging, adj.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Schott’s Bridge’ in Knockemstiff 76: ‘How did you first figure out you was funny?’ [...] ‘What the fuck’s that mean? Funny.’ ‘I mean queer’.
at funny, adj.3
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Blessed’ in Knockemstiff 181: They both busted a gut as they walked back to the cruiser.
at bust a gut (v.) under gut, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Discipline’ in Knockemstiff 120: Sammy was too gutted at night to ven untie his lifting shoes.
at gutted, adj.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘I Start Over’ in Knockemstiff 169: Jill’s squished up in the corner like she’s afraid I’m going to hammer her next.
at hammer, v.1
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Schott’s Bridge’ in Knockemstiff 75: The hag didn’t give a damn what he looked like, as long as he could make his hogleg stand up.
at hogleg, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Assailants’ in Knockemstiff 127: ‘Hey, Geri, you’re the one that was beggin’ to get out of that damn nuthouse’.
at nut house, n.
[US] D.R. Pollock ‘Pills’ in Knockemstiff 53: She always came back with [...] something sweet for her two illegits.
at illegit, n.
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