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[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 157: Garcia could have sent only the green-and-whites, but Decker was a friend.
at black and white, n.1
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 269: As soon as they spot those two guys, that’s the ball game.
at that’s the ballgame under ballgame, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 158: [He] had skinned him like a mackerel and tried to sell the fillets [...] It was one of those cases so bent as to be threatened by the sheer weight of law-enforcement bureacracy.
at bent, adj.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 161: That mudhole Maurepas never saw bass that pretty, you can bet your ass.
at bet one’s (sweet) ass (v.) under bet, v.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 40: Raining like a bitch.
at like a bitch (adv.) under bitch, n.1
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 234: The trooper [...] got the portable stereo. [...] ‘Nice box,’ he said.
at box, n.1
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 230: ‘Sure fooled New Orleans homicide.’ ‘It’s still bush,’ Decker snapped.
at bush, adj.1
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 252: It was her cockteasing voice.
at cockteasing, adj.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 213: Gault must have creamed when his sister suggested you for the mark.
at cream, v.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 75: A Bible college in Leesburg had dibs on that one.
at have dibs on (n.) under dib, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 33: It was only when he got to his feet that Decker saw what a diesel he truly was.
at diesel, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 31: They [i.e. professional anglers] sound like hot dogs, Ott. I just want to relax.
at hot dog, n.2
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 114: Dickie Lockhart got dog-sucking drunk [...] and was booted out of a topless joint.
at dogsucking, adv.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 257: Hey, douche-bag, you’re lucky Núñez came down with mono.
at douchebag, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 274: Two thousand fresh basserinos [...] Who signs for these?
at -erino, sfx
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 158: A Bahamian crack freak had carved up his male roommate.
at -freak, sfx
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 71: ‘Met a guy named Skink,’ Decker said. Gault whistled [...] ‘A real fruitbar.’.
at fruitball (n.) under fruit, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 248: All we need is some fruitcake Rambo flashing back to Nam on live TV.
at fruitcake, adj.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 204: I just want you to know, it wouldn’t have been a mercy fuck. It would have been the real thing.
at mercy fuck, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 277: ‘You’re gator bait, spook,’ the caller drawled.
at gator-bait (n.) under gator, n.2
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 79: Decker tweezered another black-and-white of the goldbrick fireman out of the fixer.
at goldbrick, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 212: So the bottom line is, these Gomers are murdering each other over fish.
at gomer, n.2
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 211: Start pushing the thing [i.e. a TV show] hard. Goose the ratings.
at goose, v.3
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 234: A sexy high-class girl like you can’t be sneaking off with a grotey redneck bass fisherman.
at grody, adj.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 63: Everybody knows Dennis has a hard-on for Dickie Lockhart [...] and he’s damn careful with Dennis around.
at have a hard-on for (v.) under hard-on, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 129: The song of the big engines [...] tore the dawn all to hell.
at all to hell under hell, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 66: We had one hellacious busy morning.
at hellacious, adj.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 194: Man of means. Garcia was in hog heaven.
at hog heaven (n.) under hog, n.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 281: ‘What’s she weigh, anyhow?’ ‘Twenty-nine even.’ ‘Holy moly.’ Fast Eddie gasped.
at holy moly! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
[US] C. Hiaasen Double Whammy (1990) 79: So what’s he doing hulking out at Vic Tanny?
at hulk out (v.) under hulk, n.
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