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[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 150: ‘I’m coppin’ a fast sneak to Detroit’.
at cop a sneak (v.) under cop a..., v.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 201: ‘[We] are goin’ to a sayloon an’ chugalug a couple of barrels of suds’.
at chug-a-lug, v.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 95: He knew whole works about cooking, and then some.
at and then some!, excl.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 77: ‘Now report me, you penny-ante dictator’.
at penny ante, adj.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 166: ‘Any time you need a short arm, laxative, urinalysis, or blue ointment [etc]’.
at short-arm inspection (n.) under short arm, n.
[US] (con. WWII) ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 52: Honeyed middle of the night my frost-bitten arse.
at my arse! (excl.) under arse, n.
[US] (con. WWII) ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 49: He pictured himself in a trench, arse-deep in snow.
at arse, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 139: A little butt-kissing sure speeded up some people’s careers.
at ass-kissing, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 170: Doc had labelled him [i.e. a ship’s officer] as a real horse’s rectum.
at horse’s ass, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 98: When me and my old man were batching, I used to make my own [...] breakfast.
at bach (it), v.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 66: ‘One t’ing I can’t stand it’s a ball-headed college boy’.
at ballhead, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 108: ‘How come they call you Blanket-ass?’ ‘I’m one-eighth Choctaw’.
at blanket-ass (n.) under blanket, n.
[US] (con. WWII) ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 15: This blow-hard barber with his windy stories [...] his impossible lies and bragging.
at blowhard, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 57: The enture cadre [...] were about to have their ‘arses’ booted off the train’.
at boot, v.1
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 77: ‘You gonna draw some brig time for hittin’ me, boot’.
at brig, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 224: Don’t call me bub, you jerk.
at bub, n.3
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 273: ‘I just hope we don’t get a torpedo shoved up our bucket’.
at bucket, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 189: ‘[W]e might throw it [i.e. a scavenging buzzard] one of them dadburn cooks’.
at dad-burn, adj.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 105: Three mugs of coffee generously laced with ‘canned cow’.
at canned cow (n.) under canned, adj.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 86: ‘My mob’ll make him some cement underwear, pal’.
at cement kimono (n.) under cement, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 167: ‘I happen to be the whole cheese, the only surgeon on board’.
at whole cheese, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 140: He shacks up with Stella. Like I could [...] if I wasn’t such a pork chop’.
at pork chop, n.2
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 158: ‘Holy jesus h. johnson!’ Al exploded.
at Jesus H. Christ!, excl.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 144: [A] noble chump that wants to do the right thing.
at chump, n.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 297: He’d intended to cold tukey the skipper about the mess situation.
at cold turkey, v.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 122: Brownie was of the [...] cold-turkey school. Buy a girl a drink, kiss her, feel her leg, and say, Let’s go to a hotel.
at cold turkey, adj.
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 105: I’m in business. I’m cooking with oil, boy.
at cook with gas (v.) under cook, v.1
[US] ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 70: ‘Best deal I’ve run across ina coon’s age, buddy’.
at coon’s age (n.) under coon, n.
[US] (con. WWII) ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 52: I can’t die yet [...] Before I cash in my coupons I have got to sleep with a total of six women first.
at cash in one’s coupons (v.) under coupon, n.
[US] (con. WWII) ‘Weldon Hill’ Onionhead (1958) 25: She was certainly horse-crazy, maintaining her own private horse at a stable near the campus.
at -crazy, sfx
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