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[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 34: [of a football team] Violet. Aw, go on, you big beefs.
at beef, n.1
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 35: Miss Dwiggins. (stamping her foot) Bother Mr Cunningham!
at bother, v.
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 7: All. Come off. Chuck it. Pull down your vest.
at chuck it, v.
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 24: Violet. Oh, you’re so funny. A lady can’t open her mouth without you crack off something smart.
at crack off (v.) under crack, v.1
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 7: Bannister. Oh, Cripes! Catch me lest I faint.
at cripes!, excl.
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 7: All. Aw — you mucker. Greasy grind .
at mucker, n.1
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 35: Brown. Oh, puh-puh-pickles.
at pickles!, excl.
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 7: Bannister. They played like the scrub team from an old ladies’ home.
at scrub, adj.
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 33: Violet. Oh, cripey me! Oh spingo! Lakeville ain’t scored!
at spingo!, excl.
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 24: Kennedy. Are you going to pass that examination to-morrow? Stewart. It’s going to be tight tooting.
at tight tooting (n.) under toot, v.1
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 27: Stewart. Have your aunt and her trailer — Hope. Now, don’t be disrespectful.
at trailer, n.2
[US] E.B. Morris Sophomore 7: All. Come off. Chuck it. Pull down your vest.
at pull down your vest (excl.) under vest, n.
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