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[US] in ‘O. Henry’ Works 436: You know what I’d do if I was main finger of dis bunch?
at main finger (n.) under main, adj.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ ‘Fourth in Salvador’ in Works 462: Poor Billy. He’s got bugs. Sitting on ice and calling his best friends pseudonyms.
at have bugs (in the head) (v.) under bug, n.4
[US] in ‘O Henry’ Works 438: The bull-pen [...] the warden’s outer office.
at bullpen, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Works 10: We march between little casino and the North Grand Custodian of the Royal Hall Bedchamber [HDAS].
at little casino, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ in Works 832: We fagged [sic] ’em a bunch of bullets.
at fog, v.1
[US] ‘O. Henry’ ‘Fox-in-the-Morning’ in Works 557: The ‘jack-rabbit line’ could mean nothing else than the mule-back system of transport.
at jack rabbit, n.1
[US] ‘O. Henry’ in Works 257: ‘You’re off your kazip,’ declared another of the gang.
at off one’s kazip (adj.) under ka-zip, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ in Works 153: ‘Congrats,’ says I.
at congrats, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ in Works 308: The town [is] stocked full of carp.
at carp, n.
[US] in ‘O. Henry’ ‘Little Speck in Garnered Fruit‘ in Works 1271: I’ll step down and cop one out for you, see.
at cop out, v.1
[US] in ‘O Henry’ ‘Supply and Demand’ in Works 726: In fact, I’m the Big Stick.
at big stick (n.) under stick, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ ‘Higher Pragmatism’ Works 780: Plato is boiler-plate; Aristotle is tottering; Marcus Aurelius is reeling.
at boilerplate, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ in Works 1604: Say, Shack, ain’t that a hell of a note?
at hell of a note (n.) under hell, n.
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