1937 I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 210: Halstrom shouts oot at the top o’ his voice, askin’ why the hell we wanted tae talk aboot nothin’ else but you an’ the German’s murder [...] It was sae queer him blowin’ off like that.at blow, v.1
1937 I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 126: We met with a crash, blindly. My knee smashed into his face, and I felt the sickening impact of his bullet-head against my stomach.at bullet-head, n.
1937 I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 59: [T]hey swarmed among us, treating us with surprisingly little of the traditional uppishness of the old hand to the tyro.at uppishness (n.) under uppish, adj.
1937 I. Cameron Murder in the Legion 230: ‘[Y]ou don’t know Donald [...] He’s the greatest wangler I know. I believe he could get the Crown Jewels for you if you mentioned you wanted them really badly.at wangler, n.