1947 J.F. Powers ‘the trouble’ in Prince of Darkness 13: The next time we were real sure she wasn’t foxing us before we went to the window and lifted the shade.at fox, v.1
1947 J.F. Powers ‘the eye’ in Prince of Darkness 192: [D]amn if the nigger don’t start in to sing a song. Like he didn’t know what was what! Like he didn’t know what we come for! That’s what I call a foxy nigger.at foxy, adj.1
1947 J.F. Powers ‘the eye’ in Prince of Darkness 187: ‘Tonight I just feel like stringing me up a black nigger by the light of the silvery moon! Let’s get gaiting!’.at get a gait on (v.) under gait, n.
1947 J.F. Powers ‘the eye’ in Prince of Darkness 177: Clyde has got the idee [sic] of taking up a collection for Sleep [...] [I]t is Clyde’s idee and so it is going over pretty big as most of the boys is trying to stay in with Clyde.at in with, phr.
1947 J.F. Powers ‘jamesie’ in Prince of Darkness 88: ‘Think I better jerk him?’ Bugs was silent, chewing it over. ‘Guess I better leave him in, huh?’.at jerk, v.2
1947 J.F. Powers ‘the eye’ in Prince of Darkness 177: He is [...] just a nigger that’s deef [sic] and lives over in jigtown somewhere and plays the piano for dances.at jig-town (n.) under jig, n.4
1947 J.F. Powers ‘the eye’ in Prince of Darkness 183: It’s—un-mis-tak-able ev-i-dence of preg-nan-cy! Get it? [...] Whoa! I don’t have to tell you how that hits the boys at Bullen’s.at whoa!, excl.