1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 19: His two ace detectives with their identical big hard-shooting, head-whipping pistols.at ace, adj.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 15: The driver hesitated a moment longer. ‘They’re armed for bear.’.at armed for bear, phr.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 145: ‘Got your ass torn, eh, buddy?’ ‘Yeah, the boss man got salty.’.at tear someone’s ass(hole), v.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 65: That’s Homicide’s baby. We got nothing on O’Hara.at baby, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 19: I know what you’re up against here in Harlem. I know your beat.at beat, n.1
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 136: Don’t get your breeches torn [...] All you got against me is suspicion of homicide.at don’t get your breeches torn under breeches, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 33: They might have been in cahoots with O’Malley to help him get away with the money.at in cahoots (with) under cahoots, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 38: I’ve got to see which way this mother-raping cat is jumping.at see which way the cat jumps (v.) under cat, n.1
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 20: They’ve knocked over Big Liz’s circus house.at circus house (n.) under circus, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 78: Conk-haired black cotton pickers, clad in overalls that resembled Italian-tailored suits.at conked, adj.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 182: They stood at the bar like two cats having a sip of something cold to dampen their dry jag.at dry jag (n.) under dry, adj.1
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 66: Why don’t the Feds knock him off? Who’s he paying?at Fed, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 139: ‘Give us the key and we’ll strike off the murder.’ Deke looke up at him as though from a great distance. [...] ‘Frig you,’ he said.at frig you! (excl.) under frig, v.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 75: He looked white about the gills himself.at white about/around/in/round the gills (adj.) under gills, n.1
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 116: Both women were nude and badly mauled — scratched and beaten as though they’d had a furious go with each other.at have a go (v.) under go, n.1
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 137: Punk, listen [...] You’re going up anyway. We got the proof.at go up, v.2
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 50: I got a word first for Early Riser’s gunsel.at gonsel, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 54: He climbed in [to the cab] and leaned forward and said ‘Penn Station and goose it’.at goose, v.3
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 36: Those eighty-seven families who had put down their thousand-dollar grub-stakes on a dream.at grubstake, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 44: You’ll find those heaps hopped up. The armoured truck has an old Cadillac engine.at heap, n.2
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 186: Paul had just ridden by giving the high sign that Iris was still put.at high sign, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 108: He was just lounging around in his shorts, drinking bourbon highballs.at highball, n.1
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 108: Just before he’d had to holler calf-rope she’d calmed down.at holler calf-rope (v.) under holler, v.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 41: I’m sending over a man to keep her on ice.at on ice (adj.) under ice, n.1
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 152: You’re certain this bale of cotton was carried by the meat delivery truck used by the jackers.at jacker, n.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 18: Well, kiss my foot if it isn’t Jones.at kiss my foot! (excl.) under kiss, v.
1965 C. Himes Cotton Comes to Harlem (1967) 66: Why don’t the Feds knock him off? Who’s he paying?at knock off, v.