1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 118: ‘[T]hey try to get next to another guy’s kids and then chump him off by being nice. I dug that action before’.at action, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 66: Lonnie said [...] he was going to show me how to play ball.at ball, n.1
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 52: I [i.e. a 12-year-old boy] went outside to the bathroom. I said, ‘Good morning,’ and Stone said, ‘Good morning, little brother’.at little brother, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 93: [N]o one hardly lived there except some bummy-looking guys.at bummy, adj.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 118: ‘[T]hey try to get next to another guy’s kids and then chump him off by being nice’.at chump off (v.) under chump, v.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 96: ‘That [i.e. domestic violence] how come you was messing around forty-deuce?’ ‘Forty what?’ ‘Forty-second Street’.at Forty-Deuce, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 65: One [thiing] was hating on Lonnie and the other was not hating on him.at hate on (v.) under hate, v.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 44: If a young person was looking out the window, then sometimes the people on the street would say something, especially if it was a girl. ‘Hey, Mama, I sure would like to be doing your homework’ .at homework (n.) under home, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 135: Bubba was walking cool but Lonnie was walking hoppy, like he was still excited.at hoppy, adv.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 115: Then I can [...] go on to jail and you can run to church and thank God that I ain’t jiving up your life’.at jive up (v.) under jive, v.1
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 96: ‘I bet you get all the pies you want, right?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘That’s the joint, man. That’s really okay’ [ibid.] 127: ‘Maybe you’d be a nice husband.’ ‘I’d be the serious joint,’ I said.at joint, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 94: What’s what supposed to mean?’ ‘That mess about having parents,’ he said.at mess, n.2
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 126: ‘How’d you find out? [...] about the baby.’ ‘Oh, I miss my month’.at monthlies, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 73: Every day they used to pick out their numbers and bet them with Jack when he came around [ibid.] 120: One time I daydreamt about him winning a lot of money on a number.at numbers, the, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 73: Lonnie and Stone was on the stoop, too, waiting for Jack, the numbers man.at numbers-banker (n.) under numbers, the, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 192: ‘We scooped enough cash to lay up for a while, maybe you can take Denise down to Puerto Rico’.at scoop, v.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 116: ‘You want me to get a job and go square, right?’ .at turn square (v.) under square, adj.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 196: I put on the stories for him and we watched them together.at story, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 216: ‘You going to write to me? I got to let everybody know I got me a big son out here on the street’.at street, the, n.
1978 W.D. Myers It Ain’t All for Nothin 118: ‘A lot of faggots figure they can turn you before your manhood gets set, then you messed up for life’.at turn, v.1