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[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: Say, with that alky rap and the bank job and the big blow on my hip! I should stick around asking questions from a lot of cops!
at alky, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: When you’re crawling up fire escapes [...] eating Christmas dinner in a one-armed joint, don’t forget your old pal.
at one-arm (joint), n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: Now, listen, you lousy baboon.
at baboon, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: sheriff: Oh, hello, dear. kruger: Sounds like the ball and chain.
at ball and chain (n.) under ball, n.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: walter whispering: Shut up! hildy: On my pratt in a monkey cage!
at in one’s ballocks under ballocks, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: Oh, bollacks!
at ballocks!, excl.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page 456: McCue: I wouldn’t mind a nice big blonde. Murphy: (outlining a voluptuous bust) With a bozoom!
at bazoom, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: You’ve just bitched up my whole life!
at bitch up, v.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: Say, with that alky rap and the bank job and the big blow on my hip! I should stick around asking questions from a lot of cops!
at blow, n.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: Listen, you big pail of lard!
at bucket of lard (n.) under bucket of..., n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: Call ... Three bullets [...] Shuffle that deck.
at bullet, n.2
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: Send us a postcard, you big stewbum.
at stew bum, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: What a fine horse’s bustle I turned out to be!
at bustle, n.2
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: You God damn butter fingers!
at butterfingers (n.) under butter, n.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act II: I don’t know, getting my can blown off.
at can, n.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: We’ve been printing that chestnut for weeks!
at chestnut, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: My God, I’m a sap! Falling for your line of crap ... !
at line of crap (n.) under crap, n.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: A lot of crumby hoboes.
at crummy, adj.2
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: Put the cuffs on those two!
at cuffs, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act II: If you want me you’ll have to take me as I am instead of trying to turn me into some lah de dah with a cane!
at la-di-da(h), n.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page 61: Jesus! Why didn’t you tell a fellow!
at fellow, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: How about a finif till tomorrow?
at finnif, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: That tub of guts! Lousy whore-headed flannel mouth!
at flannel mouth, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act III: Hold the wire! I’ve got a flash for you.
at flash, n.1
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: How long do you think you’ll last in that floosie job?
at floozy, adj.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: He gooses Diamond Louie. diamond louie with a leap: Hey! For God’s sake! [...] that’s a hell of a thing to do!
at goose, v.3
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act II: How’s your gussie mollie?
at gussie, n.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act II: I had a helluva time getting a taxi.
at helluva, adj.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: mccue: You’re going to miss a swell hanging, Hildy. hildy: Yeah? you can stick it.
at stick it!, excl.
[US] Hecht & MacArthur Front Page Act I: How’d I know you were out? Two Johns. Ladies, etc.
at John, n.
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