1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 15: No wonder I get no place with that piano. You put a hex on it with that strictly from Dixie you kick around. Corn, I mean.at strictly from Dixie (phr.) under Dixie, n.
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 223: ‘[M]y name is not Jules Ramond but Albert Julian, although I’m the son of Leon Ramond—a lefthanded son’.at left-handed, adj.
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 191: ‘Some lay-out you got here,’ said Lawson. ‘Your husband must be in the chips’.at layout, n.
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 12: And then Arlene—she’d had to put her lip in. ‘I don’t see no Romeo tonight,’ she’d said, smirking.at lip in (v.) under lip, v.1
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 17: Romelle—she had quite a few miles on her like a worn tire, but she was a good egg.at have miles on (one) (v.) under miles, n.
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 37: Warmed by the champagne she became more at ease and looked around her with growing confidence. They weren’t so much—these people!at so much (adj.) under much, adj.
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 74: ‘Every time I see Denise, or think of her, ‘ he said, ‘it reminds me of that place where you worked—that stinking hole!’ .at stinking, adj.1
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 50: [She] sang better than she had in years: all her old favorite songs, sentimental, torchy, but pleasantly nostalgic.at torchy, adj.
1946 W.R. Burnett Romelle 98: ‘You and Mrs. Ramond,’ he said, ‘seem so happy and self-sufficient. I’d be a third wheel’.at third wheel (n.) under wheel, n.