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Loser 11: ‘[M]y gambling goals had been rather modest. ‘Two thousand,’ I once told another bangtail buff, ‘and I'll quit’.at bangtail, n.2
Loser 11: ‘[M]y gambling goals had been rather modest. ‘Two thousand,’ I once told another bangtail buff, ‘and I'll quit’. Loser 11: ‘Three weeks before I had written the first check to bet the horses. I'd bounced more than thirty others since’.at bounce, v.2
Loser 101: ‘How is Patricia? She never writes, drat her’.at drat, v.
Loser 146: ‘[T]hree years ago I embezzled eighty thousand dollars from the company I work for to play the horses’.at horses, n.
Loser 59: The race is important to Doug Richard, Whisper Jet’s rider [...] Richard’s a good jock.at jock, n.2
Loser 127: ‘For your own sake, I wish it was juice or a book who had you hooked. I can deal with them. The other night the syndicate was threatening to blow this guy's head off for missing a juice payment’.at juice, n.1
Loser 45: A lot of smart money on him. The big boys know.at smart money (n.) under money, n.
Loser 36: That [i.e. late heavy betting] usually means a horse is hot and the smart-buck boys have waited until right before the start to throw it in.at smart money (n.) under money, n.
Loser 26: ‘You got something tonight?’ ‘True Duane. Ninth race. He's a mortal cinch’.at mortal lock (n.) under mortal, adj.1
Loser 27: With Kelly along you can bet the whole hundred-and-a-half on one race. On the nose. You can win what you owe in three races.at on the nose under nose, n.
Loser 2511: ‘It's a rough go beating the ponies’ [ibid.] 49: Tom handed her a ten-dollar bill. ‘Let her keep the change,’ Sue said. ‘She's got a rough go. Two kids to support’.at rough go (n.) under rough, adj.
Loser 32: ‘You guys want any beer? I'm taking a handy six’.at six, n.1
Loser 101: ‘The son of a gun never showed. He had a snootful when he left so I figure he forgot where I was’.at snootful, n.
Loser 59: ‘Hell, He Jr. hasn't got a chance. Barrow deserves better. What does he get? A stiff like He Jr’.at stiff, n.1
Loser 127: ‘I never bet the double [...] The double’s a sucker bet’.at sucker, adj.
Loser 146: ‘The big thing is not to sweat it. You're not going to jail. These things can be worked out’.at sweat (it) out (v.) under sweat, v.2
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