1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 94: I do eveything ass backwards, don’t I?at ass-backwards under ass, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 22: So I propositioned her if she’d kick back his money and take me on, I’d let her go.at kick back, v.1
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 95: Don’t talk so vulgarly [...] You’re always trying to be hard-boiled.at hard-boiled, adj.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 7: His pale blue eyes looked buck wild. He made a terrifying picture, cursing the empty air.at buck-wild, adj.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 119: I just want to see the show, buddy boy.at buddy boy (n.) under buddy, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 149: The shoeshine boy gave him the silent treament reserved for cheapskates.at cheapskate, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 97: He was a chicken-season preacher [...] He only preached when the chickens were fat.at chicken-preacher (n.) under chicken, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 104: It might have been something to do with the numbers, a religious wingding.at wing-ding, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 11: The Negro looked too scared to pull a gag.at pull a gag (v.) under gag, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 9: I ought to gut-shoot you, you thieving son of a bitch.at gut-shoot (v.) under gut, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 40: Bastard son of a bitch all to hell and gone.at to hell and gone under hell, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 69: Brock got the idea that she did a little hustling on the side.at hustling, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 162: I lit out and ran for my life.at light out (v.) under light, v.1
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 95: You come in here and catch me looking like the morning after and expect me to be beautiful and demure.at morning after (the night before) (n.) under morning, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 184: Better put a reader out for Walker . . . No, for the automat murder.at reader, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 102: What would this district attorney do with that, riding the department as he is?at ride, v.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 147: ‘What kind of sport?’ [...] ‘The sport.’ ‘Oh, you mean women.’.at sport, n.
1966 C. Himes Run Man Run (1969) 108: She’s new on the stem. Too tony for a Time Square hustler.at tony, adj.