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[US] Pacific Reporter 131 549/2: At which time appellant stated to Cooper, ‘We will scare hell out of him.’ [...] Maggard ‘then produced his gun’.
at scare (the) hell out of (v.) under hell, n.
[US] in Pacific Reporter 158 1094: I am in a hell of a shape and the only chance I got to save my neck is to beat the joint.
at beat, v.
[US] Pacific Reporter 165 1152/1: Affidavit Tom [...] clearly indicates that he should be sent to the bug house, the crazy house, the foolish house, the bat house, the looney house, the mad house, the nutty house.
at bat house (n.) under bat, n.5
[US] Pacific Reporter 165 1152/1: Affidavit Tom [...] clearly indicates that he should be sent to the bug house, the crazy house, the foolish house, the bat house, the looney house, the mad house, the nutty house.
at crazy house (n.) under crazy, n.
[US] Pacific Reporter 165 1152/1: Affidavit Tom [...] clearly indicates that he should be sent to the bug house, the crazy house, the foolish house, the bat house, the looney house, the mad house, the nutty house.
at loony house (n.) under loony, n.
[US] Pacific Reporter 165 1152/1: Affidavit Tom [...] clearly indicates that he should be sent to the bug house, the crazy house, the foolish house, the bat house, the looney house, the mad house, the nutty house.
at nutty house (n.) under nutty, adj.2
[US] Pacific Reporter 223 212/2: ‘I am going to have you arrested’ [...] ‘You copper-hearted son of a bitch; I will cut your head off’.
at copper-hearted (adj.) under copper, n.
[US] Pacific Reporter XXXIV 578: Get into a lower gear and give it the gas.
at give (it) the gas (v.) under gas, n.1
[US] Pacific Reporter 2nd ser. Vol. 617 1150: Appellant [...] denied his having possessed any shank and denied any attempt to stab the officers.
at shank, n.1
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