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The Sensualists choose

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[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 78: You’re an ace.
at ace, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 126: I was always a dead ass [...] Built for men. Every inch of me. They go crazy when they hold me, naked or dressed. And me! A lot of foam rubber without a nerve ending. Dead.
at dead ass, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 57: Butt out, Junior.
at butt out, v.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 54: Elsie diddling around with her fishing tackle.
at diddle, v.2
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 106: Husbands are all yellow dogs.
at yellow dog, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 86: I don’t see how a girl like Ann can go into the hay with such a drip.
at hit the hay (v.) under hay, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 54: You just lead. I’ll follow to hell and back.
at to hell and gone under hell, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 93: Oh what a bitch she was. A crazy hoppie.
at hoppy, n.3
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 58: You’re a knockout [...] When I heard you wanted to see me, I got ready for a real rough-and-tumble.
at knockout, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 145: She’s a scaredy cat.
at scaredy-cat (n.) under scare, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 96: He started socking himself with the junk. Mostly heroin or cocaine.
at sock, v.1
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 22: Sovey was trying to get her back as his sweetie.
at sweetie, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 84: She’d been out with her sweetie-man.
at sweetman, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 83: It’s pretty hard for a husband to admit his wife is on the turf.
at on the turf under turf, n.
[US] B. Hecht Sensualists (1961) 73: I need money viciously, and you’ll give it to me [...] If not, I file suit against you for divorce.
at viciously, adv.
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