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[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 7: I formed a 459 ring [...] They popped pawnshops and dumped dope-pushing pharmacies.
at 459, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 303: He 459’d Robbie’s pad.
at 459, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 47: ’54 was a ring-a-ding year.
at ring-a-ding, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 163: I spike-speared her [i.e. with truth serum] and she went loosey-goosey.
at loose as a goose, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 85: Babs is turning cheap tricks out of Stan’s Drive-In.
at turn a trick, v.2
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 144: ‘That must have been an ace gig for a guy in your trade’.
at ace, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 51: He amscrayed to score some Big ‘H’.
at amscray, v.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 180: ‘You’re the most raggedy-assed pimp I’ve ever seen’.
at ragged-arsed, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 108: I yawned. My ass dragged. I was up late last nite.
at drag ass, v.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 246: ‘The Molette kid is pushing ass to a US senator’.
at ass, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 156: ‘Your camel-fucking ass is grass’.
at one’s ass is grass under ass, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 82: ‘You’re heading for a good ass kicking’.
at ass-kicking, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 90: Harry sprung three badass beaners from the [...] drunk tank.
at bad-ass, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 303: Jimmy D. dodn’t kill Janey [...] It was some suck-ass subaltern.
at suck-ass, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 78: I kicked assiduous ass all morning.
at kick ass, v.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 84: It’s not all fun and games and hide the salami’.
at play (a game of) hide the salami (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 185: ‘Your’re not stupid Robbie. That’s the only attaboy you’re ever likely to get from me, so enjoy it’.
at attaboy, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 191: Ruff trade tricksters and buff B-boys.
at b-boy, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 176: They poked B-girls from the Kibitz Room.
at B-girl, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 17: She was a one-babe Baedeker.
at babe, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 197: ‘And you’ve got cojones [...] calling a Negro man “baby”’.
at baby, n.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 76: Claire’s bad to the bone and calamitously connected.
at bad-to-the-bone (adj.) under bad, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 91: Jimmy feeds the cholos their motivation [...] you want white pussy baaaaaad.
at bad, adv.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 98: He was one mean motor scooter and bad actor.
at bad actor (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 78: Harry badged our waiter. He slipped us a jug at [...] half-price.
at badge, v.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 109: We badger-gamed businessmen [...] Babs snared the schnooks [...] I kicked the door in and played irate husband.
at badger game (n.) under badger, n.1
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 35: Jimmy bagged back issues of Peep, Lowdown, Whisper, Tattle, and Confidential.
at bag, v.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 16: Purse-lipped puritans out to bag bent cops.
at bag, v.
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 180: He weaved a tad [...] El Jefe was half in the bag.
at in the bag under bag, n.1
[US] J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 4: We stung the studios. We popped the pooh-bahs. We hurled the hurt.
at pooh-bah, n.
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