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Nice Guys Finish Last choose

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[US] (con. 1930s) Durocher & Linn Nice Guys Finish Last 90: The next guy that bunts on me [...] I’m going to bounce one off his noggin.
at bounce, v.1
[US] (con. 1930s) Durocher & Linn Nice Guys Finish Last 90: The next guy that bunts on me [...] I’m going to bounce one off his noggin.
at bunt, v.1
[US] (con. 1930s) Durocher & Linn Nice Guys Finish Last 45: Babe Ruth was waiting to hit [...] ‘Get out of here, you humpty-dumpty,’ he roared.
at humpty-dumpty, n.2
[US] (con. 1950s) Durocher & Linn Nice Guys Finish Last 315: ‘Man [...] I’m empty.’ He’d pull out his pockets. ‘I’m empty.’.
at empty, adj.
[US] (con. 1950s) Durocher & Linn Nice Guys Finish Last 311: Sal was so mad he waited until I got back into the dugout so that he could give me the Italian salute...with his hand on his crotch.
at Italian salute (n.) under Italian, adj.
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