1954 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 105: ‘You got a keen analytical mind.’ ‘Thank you,’ Rick said. ‘Don’t mensh it.’.at mensh, v.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 175: He say, ‘You go to school, Pete?’ an’ I say you fuckin’ a right.at fucking-A, adv.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 197: Or do you go for crime jargon, West? Is that your speed? You a heel and toe boy?at heel-and-toe boy (n.) under heel-and-toe, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 297: Draggin’ yo’ ass in after the late bell, Chief. You settin’ a bad ’zample for the pupils here. [...] Wunt you draggin’ ass, man?at drag ass, v.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 251: Is that how they fired people? Just a few visits from the Department Chairman and then blooie?at blooey!, excl.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 197: You’re not a paper hanger, and you’re not a small fry pusher, and you’re not even a booster.at booster, n.2
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 331: Oh, he’s a big bull artist, you know. He’s always talkin’ about his big deals, but he ain’t really got no big deals.at bull artist (n.) under bull, n.6
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 46: The boys filed in [...] still wondering what sort of a duck this new bird with the Butch haircut was.at butch, n.1
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 260: And here’s to eagle-eye Stanley, whose observations were right on the button.at on the button under button, n.1
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 176: It was okay for Miller to ride the teacher ’cause he was a card that way.at card, n.2
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 223: Angry because he was behaving like a godamned adolescent ogling a cheesecake magazine.at cheesecake, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 372: Are you still crapping about that show, Katz? [...] The term’ll be over in a few days, and he’s still talking about Christmas.at crap, v.2
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 219: ‘You’re joking, but don’t you really like the name?’ ‘It’s a dandy,’ Rick said.at dandy, n.2
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 236: Do you think O’Brien or Erin like being called micks or donkeys?at donkey, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 197: You know what a dry run is, huh, boy?at dry run (n.) under dry, adj.1
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 97: All because the poor bastard tried to cop a feel.at cop a feel (v.) under feel, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 309: Lois Hammond was not of a mind to play footsie.at play footsie(s) (v.) under footsie-footsie, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 203: Boy, what a ball! Man, it gassed us, the happiest time, the most.at gas, v.3
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 201: They looked at Edwards sitting at his desk [...] looked at his goddam goggles perched on his nose.at goggles, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 93: For he was, in actuality, the renowned gunslick entering a strange town.at gunslick (n.) under gun, n.1
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 98: Well, we’ll see about our good friend Daddy-oh, the tough guy.at tough guy, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 197: Just keep your smart-guy language to yourself. [Ibid.] 225: You’ve got a nerve to ask that! [...] After your goddamn wise-guy remarks, and after the way you fouled up that lesson.at wise-guy, adj.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 150: He tried it. A little at a time at first, a few hammy gestures.at hammy, adj.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 180: If a girl uses that word, she knows damn well what she’s saying, and you can chalk up another roll in the hay.at roll in the hay, n.
1955 E. Hunter Blackboard Jungle 21: Solly Klein had been to Organizational Meetings before [...] And in his own words, they were all just so much horse manure.at horse manure (n.) under horse, n.