1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 31: I say a guy’ll die as he was born—on his Derby-and-Joan.at darby and joan, adj.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 36: I says to Nelson: ‘Keep your nose out o’ my squad [...] Arscrawl [sic] around your own dirty little squad.’.at arse crawl (v.) under arse, n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 33: He knew Bearsbreath and Bearsbreath’s fighting whisper.at bear’s breath (n.) under bear, n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 10: Two people, both cheesed off, are better than one.at cheesed (off), adj.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 43: You can be as tough as God Almighty, but you won’t chuck a scare into me.at chuck, v.2
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 10: You want someone to be jarred off with . . . you grouse it out of your system.at jarred, adj.2
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 4: This old geezer’s leading orf about ’er Georgie this, and ’er Georgie that.at lead off, v.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 36: This lousebag Rivers gets through his foot drill.at louse bag (n.) under louse, n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 41: Do you think, you lousebound twit, that you’re getting the better of a man if you put that man down for a second!at lousebound (adj.) under louse, n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 111: A little baby’s po [...] with a picture of Mickey Mouse on it.at po, n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 63: You get away with S.F.A. [...] So mind your eye.at s.f.a., n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives of Bill Nelson 13: I’ve seen him with some of the lousiest showers of rooks you ever saw in your life.at shower of shit (n.) under shower, n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 73: He invents new names to call people. ‘Twillip!’ he says. ‘Snurge! Twitterbug! Bugscratcher!’.at snurge, n.
1942 G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson 35: Address me as Corporal, you yellow-bellied son of a fat-faced dog!at sonofabitch, n.