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[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 69: Glinka had pulled the thing off by using old tried-and-true rip-and-tear police methods.at rip and tear, adj.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 69: Glinka had pulled the thing off by using old tried-and-true rip-and-tear police methods. [W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 114: ‘So the baby was wiser than I thought. I knew she was wise, but I didn’t know she was a mind reader’.at baby, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 46: ‘Looks like top-secret stuff to me.’ ‘Narcotics?’ ‘The big stuff, you mean? Could be’.at big stuff (n.) under big, adj.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 146: [T]he Interrogation Room, better known as the Sweat Box. It was a small bare room with whitewashed plaster walls and no windows.at sweat-box, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 62: ‘It [i.e. a funny line] breaks me up,’ said Katie, shaking with laughter.at break up, v.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 58: ‘I burned his ears off. And if it hadn’t been for your trouble at home, I’d’ve burned your ears off, too, Hinchman’.at burn someone’s ass (v.) under burn, v.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 139: ‘So what’s wrong with a guy asking a beautiful doll to run away with him? What’s wrong with checking up on her?’ .at check out, v.2
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 100: Joe came in grinning. ‘I beat ‘em,’ he cried. ‘I clipped those wise guys for four bucks’.at clip, v.1
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 122: ‘I’d like to see you in that tank with a bunch of filthy, stinking drunks and cokeheads. Don’t those guys ever wash?’.at cokehead (n.) under coke, n.1
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 56: It was a cold certainty now. [...] A dangerous lunatic was loose.at cold, adj.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 28: ‘You mean to tell me that a smart guy like you pays any attention to a conk-feeler like Doc Grace?’.at conk-feeler (n.) under conk, n.1
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 129: Tijuana. What a crumb joint, but lots of fun.at crumb joint (n.) under crumb, adj.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 12: ‘You’re the guy should be chief.’ ‘Dream on, Joe’.at dream on!, excl.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 129: ‘I hear she gets around.’ ‘Talk, talk. Who knows?’.at get around (v.) under get, v.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 28: ‘Doc seemed to think it meant something. Gave out with the gas. What a laugh! ’.at give out, v.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 57: Either his family would have to be protected or he’d have to be transferred back to Downtown and his regular go.at go, n.1
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 112: Otey [...] saw Stan and waved. ‘Hi, Cap. What’s the good word?’ ‘Hello, Otey’.at what’s the good word?, phr.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 85: ‘He’s baffled,’ cried Byszcynski. ‘A few weeks ago he was drinking whisky all over the place and shaking hands with himself’.at shake hands with oneself (v.) under shake hands, v.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 63: ‘[O]nce you get the hang of this Joe Miller stuff, I’ll give you all the answers to guys on the make. You’ll have them on the floor’.at Joe Miller, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 90: ‘ I remember the Kluxers when I was a kid. They burned a big cross over here in Polishtown one night’.at klucker, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 39: Eva came in carrying a few packages, [. . .] sat down, and began to unwrap them. ‘Salami?’ she said. ‘Polish sausage? Ham? Cheese? Coffee?’ [...] ‘ Say, what did this layout cost you? I’m hungry. I’m going to eat a lot’.at layout, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 26: ‘When do we step out, Blondie. I like you’.at step out, v.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 110: ‘With you [things] don’t slip, Stan. [...] You don’t get redheaded about things. You’re calm’.at redheaded, adj.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 64: ‘Now listen, Stan. Hold on to your suspenders. Glinka’s using Eva for bait’.at keep your shirt on! (excl.) under shirt, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 21: Station 12 was jammed for the night, and early in the morning the show-up line had played to a full house.at show-up, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 92: I got no real aptitude for this work. No keenness and no intuition. It’s all plain slugging with me.at slugging, n.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 95: ‘O.K.,’ Joe said. ‘Laugh. I don’t mind. I’ve swung and I’ve missed before’.at swing and miss (v.) under swing, v.
[W.R. Burnett] Big Stan 129: Eva [...] stood looking around her impatiently. [...] At the gatehouse the mechanic nudged Otey, who was just getting into his leather jacket. ‘Look who’s here. Woof!’.at woof!, excl.
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