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On the Road – The Original Scroll choose

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[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 259: ‘What happened?’ I told him. He swore up and down.
at up-and-down, adv.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 144: The arty types were all over America, sucking up its blood.
at arty, adj.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 170: Tell that Texas sonofabitch if my brother ain’t out of jail tomorrow night he’s going to get his ass fixed.
at fix someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 170: Tell that crotch-eared meanass to take it easy on us.
at mean-ass, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 284: Finally he got hold of some bad s--t [...] green, uncured marijuana.
at bad shit, n.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 125: The Rock Island [i.e. a train] balled by. We saw the faces of Pullman passengers go by in a blur.
at ball, v.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 120: He balled the jack and told stories for a couple of hours.
at ball the jack, v.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 121: I promised myself a ball in Denver.
at ball, n.3
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 198: For God’s sake, you can’t be batting around tents with a baby.
at bat, v.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 120: The beat yellow windowshades pulled. [Ibid.] 121: He wore a beat sweater and baggy pants.
at beat, adj.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 111: You’ve got to stick to it [i.e. writing] with the energy of a benny addict.
at benny, n.4
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 374: He wants to win the game, he’s bet four bits.
at four bits (n.) under bit, n.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 117: Chatter-chatter, blah-blah, and me swearing for all the time and money I’d wasted.
at blah, blah, blah under blah, v.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 110: I got drunk and blah-blahed somewhat.
at blah, v.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 134: Gene and Blondey just stood there.
at blondie, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 215: Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray blowing their tops before a screaming audience.
at blow one’s top, v.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 330: Geeyah, roll old boat roll! That magnificent car made the wind roar.
at boat, n.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 383: Gregor proceeded to roll the biggest bomber anyone ever saw.
at bomber, n.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 253: Let’s you and me go play the horses over the bookie joint.
at bookie joint, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 239: He was hustling for his bread somewhere in town.
at bread, n.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 352: You’ve seen me try and break my ass to make it.
at break one’s ass (v.) under break, v.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 188: Hollywood Sams stood in front of swank restaurants arguing exactly the same way Broadway Sams argue at Jacob’s Beach New York.
at Broadway Joe (n.) under Broadway, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 122: We went to a riotous old buck’s saloon.
at buck, n.1
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 217: Now the bug was on me again and the bug’s name was Neal Cassady.
at bug, n.4
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 138: The bigcity buzz made me jump.
at buzz, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 281: The work was so hard that I quickly developed Charley Horses in my arms.
at charley horse, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 129: They chipped in some, and Slim some, and I bought a fifth.
at chip in, v.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 337: See him grow worried when he blows a clinker.
at clinker, n.7
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 357: A rangy bashful shock-haired Denver boy with a big conman smile.
at con-man, n.
[US] Kerouac On the Road (The Orig. Scroll) (2007) 180: I don’t like that fairy at the bar [...] I think I’ll get up and conk him.
at conk, v.2
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