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[US] in P. Heller In This Corner 105: Every now and then he’d bing me with that right hand.
at bing, v.2
[US] J. Sharkey in P. Heller In This Corner 158: They called me the ‘Lispin’ Lith’...But it didn’t bother me as long as I got the old paycheck.
at Lit, n.
[US] C.P. Rosenberg in Heller In This Corner (1974) 90: I’m talking 1925, was when life was like three cents, especially around Chicago.
at worth a cent under worth a..., phr.
[US] B. Conn in Heller In This Corner (1974) 225: He says [...] ‘You had to get fresh. I fixed your ass for you.’.
at fix someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] ‘Gunboat’ Smith in Heller In This Corner (1974) 39: Jack Johnson got in bad when he beat Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada.
at get in bad (with) (v.) under bad, adj.
[US] P. Heller In This Corner (1974) 40: He wasn’t trained for it. He thought it was bagged. Johnson knocked him out in the fifteenth round.
at bagged, adj.2
[US] B. Conn in Heller In This Corner (1974) 222: He just banged me all over the place. He was a real good hitter.
at bang, v.1
[US] Billy Conn in Heller In This Corner (1974) 223: I hit Pastor in the balls so he started beefing.
at beef, v.1
[US] Fidel LaBarba in Heller In This Corner (1974) 104: I was nailing him some pretty good belts, left hooks.
at belt, n.
[US] H. Armstrong in Heller In This Corner (1974) 194: They said ‘This man’s gone crazy. He’s blowing his top.’.
at blow one’s top, v.
[US] W. Pastrano in Heller In This Corner (1974) 395: I never took so many punches [...] He bombed some bombs at me.
at bomb, v.1
[US] W. Pastrano in Heller In This Corner (1974) 395: I never took so many punches [...] He bombed some bombs at me.
at bomb, n.
[US] S. Saddler in Heller In This Corner (1974) 288: Surprisingly, for chrissakes, boom, it was so.
at boom!, excl.
[US] L. Ambers in Heller In This Corner (1974) 179: I started [boxing] in 1929, in bootleg shows.
at bootleg, adj.
[US] ‘Gunboat’ Smith in Heller In This Corner (1974) 32: I’m in the navy now, and I wind up in the brig. I did something all wrong.
at brig, n.
[US] ‘Gunboat’ Smith in Heller In This Corner (1974) 41: The second wife was a bum right out of a house.
at bum, n.3
[US] ‘Gunboat’ Smith in Heller In This Corner (1974) 44: I wouldn’t be fighting those big bums that weighed two pounds less than a horse.
at bum, n.3
[US] W. Pep in Heller In This Corner (1974) 252: January 1947 I cracked up [...] flying in from Miami. I was in pretty bad shape.
at crack up, v.2
[US] R. Graziano in Heller In This Corner (1974) 284: I told the guy to go take a crap for himself.
at go take a crap under crap, n.1
[US] (con. 1923) T. Loughran in Heller In This Corner (1974) 115: I always thought you were a Fancy Dan, but now you’re on your way to the title.
at fancy Dan, n.
[US] M. Walker in Heller In This Corner (1974) 80: I really feel that I won that fight [...] But what the deuce! It’s over.
at what the deuce...?, phr.
[US] W. Ritchie in Heller In This Corner (1974) 19: Gans took a dive. It was a fixed fight.
at take a dive (v.) under dive, n.1
[US] L. Jenkins in Heller In This Corner (1974) 237: We’d all drunked up, me and my manager.
at drunked up, adj.
[US] (ref. to 1930s) J.J. Braddock in Heller In This Corner (1974) 177: I started to dance and he never got near me so they gave me the duke.
at duke, n.3
[US] D. Jordan in Heller In This Corner (1974) 362: He hit me right in the nuts, the cup pressed against my egg, and it hurt.
at egg, n.1
[US] B. Conn in Heller In This Corner (1974) 222: Krieger, he fixed me up the first time. He beat me.
at fix up, v.1
[US] W. Ritchie in Heller In This Corner (1974) 19: They were crooks, they framed fights, and being negro the poor guy had to follow orders.
at frame, v.
[US] L. Jewkins in Heller In This Corner (1974) 237: That fricking bum [...] I could knock him out in 1 round easy.
at fricking, adj.
[US] C.P. Rosenberg in Heller In This Corner (1974) 88: I boxed Bud Taylor in the Garden.
at Garden, the, n.
[US] T. Loughran in Heller In This Corner (1974) 119: I really gave it to him in the third [round]. He’d never go in with me again.
at give it to, v.
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