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[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 22: Mr. Kelly poured [a drink] and handed it to the Hunkie woman. ‘There, y’are, Mary,’ he said. ‘Put hair on your chest’.
at put hair(s) on one’s chest (v.) under hair on one’s chest, n.
[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 22: Mr. Kelly poured [a drink] and handed it to the Hunkie woman. ‘There, y’are, Mary,’ he said. ‘Put hair on your chest’.
at honkie, adj.
[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 22: ‘You’ll take what you get in the shape of a puck in the nose,’ said Mr. Kelly.
at puck, n.4
[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 76: ‘I raised a cheque and was sent to prison for it’.
at raise, v.
[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 24: A herd of goats in various stages of parturition gave us the razz when we stopped at the house.
at razz, n.
[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 23: ‘James, what about you? A sass?’ ‘Yes, thank you,’ I said. A sass was a sarsaparilla.
at sass, n.2
[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 24: ‘I never drink a drop. Handle too much of it. Why, if I took a short beer every time I was asked to, I’d be drunk three quarters of the time’.
at short beer (n.) under short, adj.1
[US] J. O’Hara ‘Screen Test’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 161: Just remember, I’ve seen [stars] come and go, so wait till you get somewhere before you try that stuff.
at stuff, n.
[US] J. O’Hara ‘The Doctor’s Son’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 24: Well, I’ll take a bottle of temperance just to be sociable.’ He opened a bottle of ginger ale.
at temperance, n.
[US] J. O’Hara ‘Screen Test’ in The Doctor’s Son & Other Stories 161: Well, I used to know her, too. And a whole lot of [stars], so don’t try to upstage me, baby.
at upstage, v.
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