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[US] S, Paige Pitchin’ Man 59: I said to myself, ‘L-l-l-listen S-s-s-atch, [...] pull yourself together [i.e. gunmen] before they air-condition you’.
at air-conditioned, adj.
[US] S, Paige Pitchin’ Man 29: If I had big feet the kids woulda called me ‘Gunboats’ or ‘Canalboats’.
at canal boat, n.1
[US] S, Paige Pitchin’ Man 83: Once I took a chew in a game.
at chew, n.
[US] S, Paige Pitchin’ Man 22: I suppose you're wonderin' if I ever paid that $500. Well, I did. [. . . .] I hadda dig deep.
at dig down (v.) under dig, v.1
[US] S, Paige Pitchin’ Man 46: When Paul and Lloyd Waner was hittin’ fools for the Pittsburgh Pirates I throwed against them plenty on the Coast.
at fool, n.
[US] S, Paige Pitchin’ Man 51: [T]he folk there began givin’ Bismarck the hee-haw.
at hee-haw, n.1
[US] S, Paige Pitchin’ Man 57: I don’t mind announcin’ I can hit, and I told Mr. Boudreau I’m always ready with the stick.
at stick, n.
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