1990 R.D. McFadden et al. Outrage 202: Maddox went on with his dispensation: they would cooperate with Attorney General Robert Abrams [...] they would make Tawana Brawley available at an appropriate time [...] It was all beer and skittles, much too good to be believed.at all beer and skittles, phr.
1990 R.D. McFadden et al. Outrage 278: ‘Todd is afraid to talk. Everyone will think he’s eating cheese.’ Wolff smiled at the quaint Runyonesque expression.at eat cheese, v.1
1990 R.D. McFadden et al. Outrage 114: It was always easy to grab a headline on Saturdays, when skeleton news teams were scratching around for stories.at scratch (around) (v.) under scratch, v.
1990 R.D. McFadden et al. Outrage 256: Up the wire, the reporter said something about calling back later.at wire, n.1
1990 R.D. McFadden et al. Outrage 206: ‘[Y]ou’re not wired, are you? I’m not saying this where it will be heard, am I?’.at wire, v.