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‘The Sister’ in Back in the World 84: [H]e and his buddies would be banging away at them [i.e. geese] from one of the marshes outside town.at bang, v.2
‘The Sister’ in Back in the World 84: [H]e and his buddies would be banging away at them [i.e. geese] from one of the marshes outside town. ‘Leviathan’ in Back in the World 181: They’d [...] bought Helen three grams of white-out blizzard that lasted the whole night.at blizzard, n.1
‘Leviathan’ in Back in the World 183: Mitch was standing at the counter, rolling a bone.at bone, n.1
‘Our Story Begins’ in Back in the World 172: ‘So what was the bottom line?’ Truman asked. ‘Simplicity itself,’ George said. ‘If Miguel messed up, they’d throw him on the first plane to Manila’.at bottom line, n.
‘The Rich Brother’ in Back in the World 201: His car had been repossessed [...] and he was flat broke.at flat broke, adj.
‘The Poor Are Always With Us’ in Back in the World 69: ‘Catch you tomorrow,’ Dave said.at catch, v.1
‘The Poor Are Always With Us’ in Back in the World 68: ‘Go on, child, go on,’ he insisted when Russell shook his head.at child, n.
‘Desert Breakdown, 1968’ in Back in the World 142: Finally a car stopped. It was a hearse [...] ‘Welcome to the stiffmobile,’ said the man [...] Bet you thought you’d be riding with a cold one’.at cold one, n.2
‘Missing Person’ in Back in the World 36: ‘Jerry, it isn’t true.’ ‘What isn’t true?’ ‘I never killed anyone.’ Jerry smiled. ‘Come off it’.at come off it! (excl.) under come off, v.1
‘Soldier’s Joy’ in Back in the World 113: ‘I don’t want you turning that rifle on me [...] I’ve already had someone throw down on me once tonight’.at throw down on (v.) under throw down, v.
‘Missing Person’ in Back in the World 32: If she’d had her way he’d still be in the navy, pulling down a hundred and forty dollars a month.at pull down, v.
‘Coming Attractions’ in Back in the World 5: ‘Sorry I woke you up.’ ‘That’s what we’re here for, dumpling ’.at dumpling, n.
‘The Sister’ in Back in the World 84: She considered taking a couple of hits off the joint on her pocket but decided against it. She didn’t want to lose her edge.at edge, n.1
‘The Sister’ in Back in the World 88: Jack said, ‘Don’t hog the fuel, Jack,’ and made a drinking motion with his hand’.at fuel, n.
‘Desert Breakdown, 1968’ in Back in the World 140: ‘We got out of there and I mean we got’.at get, v.
‘The Poor Are Always With Us’ in Back in the World 77: ‘Dave’s a good head,’ Groves went on. ‘I admit he’s not that great with the general public, but he’s okay’.at good head (n.) under good, adj.1
‘Missing Person’ in Back in the World 26: ‘You don’t mess around. You don’t get hung up on details. You do whatever you have to do and keep going. [...] You have to be a gunslinger’.at gun-slinger, n.
‘Soldier’s Joy’ in Back in the World 110: He said that Porchoff was [...] threatening to shoot Trac if Trac tried to stop him. [...] ‘Just hang tight,’ Hooper told him.at hang tight (v.) under hang, v.4
‘The Sister’ in Back in the World 89: [S]omeone yelled ‘Heads up!’ and they all looked around. The Frisbee was coming straight at them.at heads up!, excl.
‘The Sister’ in Back in the World 84: ‘[A]n angle of geese flew across the sky. Honkers, her brother called them’.at honker, n.1
‘Desert Breakdown, 1968’ in Back in the World 143: He’d had orders to go [to Vietnam], but the orders were killed just before he left.at kill, v.
‘Coming Attractions’ in Back in the World 5: ‘It’s three o’clock in the morning here, lambchop. We’re later than you are’ .at lamb chop (n.) under lamb, n.1
‘Leviathan’ in Back in the World 182: She ducked into the bedroom and did a couple of lines.at do a line (v.) under line , n.1
‘Desert Breakdown, 1968’ in Back in the World 142: Finally a car stopped. It was a hearse [...] ‘Welcome to the stiffmobile,’ said the man [...] Bet you thought you’d be riding with a cold one’.at -mobile, sfx
‘Leviathan’ in Back in the World 182: Bliss started to cry. [...] Bliss pulled this stunt almost every time she got herself a noseful.at noseful, n.
‘The Poor Are Always With Us’ in Back in the World 67: ‘[T]hey should lock him up and throw away the key [...] As far as I’m concerned he’s a complete write-off’.at write-off, n.
‘Missing Person’ in Back in the World 53: ‘I like the way you talk,’ Father Leo said. ‘Straight out—just what’s on your mind’ .at straight out, adv.
‘The Poor Are Always With Us’ in Back in the World 76: ‘[A]ll the time old Charlie Cong is just raining on him. I mean he’s got holes in places you never even heard of’.at rain on (v.) under rain, v.
‘Leviathan’ in Back in the World 187: ‘[H]e was living in this ratbag on Post Street. All he had in there was lawn furniture’.at ratbag, n.
‘The Sister’ in Back in the World 86: ‘It’s God’s country, sister, and that’s a fact’.at sister, n.
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