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[US] S. King Stand (1990) 680: Everything would be A-OK.
at A-OK, adj.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 243: Terrified [...] You were shitting nickels.
at shit a brick, v.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 183: Most of those no-accounts out on Barker Road.
at no-account, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 1219: He’s ace-high with the tall man.
at ace-high, adj.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 30: Jess, you’re Joe College, all the way.
at all the way, adv.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 1380: There had been no Christmas paper at the five-and-ten.
at five and dime, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 674: Mostly Harold just had to have his little song and dance ... he has to register his presence.
at song and dance, n.1
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 238: You’ll be dead as dogmeat.
at dead as..., adj.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 524: Her father ‘had a stick up his ass’ about Ronnie, her boyfriend.
at have a stick up one’s ass under ass, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 53: Some crazy rat’s ass of an A&R man.
at rat’s ass, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 1246: He was asshole buddies with too many of the people in the palace guard.
at asshole buddy (n.) under asshole, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 473: BFD, as they used to say: big fucking deal.
at B.F.D., phr.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 595: The fine BM I had last night, You was right, those dates turned the trick.
at B.M., n.2
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 470: He didn’t like it because too many ups and downs and all-arounds added up to one mean monkey on your back.
at monkey on one’s back, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 1164: Why are we talking about bad shit like that?
at bad shit, n.2
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 1094: All ther hecklers and badmouths.
at badmouth, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 344: Why, here’s the wise-ass pusbag, what’s the story, pusbag, got anything smart to say? [Ibid.] 740: ‘Like it, dontcha?’ The Kid panted. ‘I knew you would, you bag of pus.’.
at pus-bag, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 440: She had found a baggie filled with marijuana in her sixteen-year-old’s room.
at baggie, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 754: Jesus-hairy-ole-baldheaded-Christ! [...] Are you lying to me, you fuckin fairy.
at bald-headed, adj.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 796: We can make a pretty good guess that figure’s in the ballpark.
at in the (same) ball-park under ball-park, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 943: I like roadhouse music [...] I’m going to New Orleans, going to drive all night, sleep all day tomorrow, then barrelhouse all night long.
at barrelhouse, v.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 354: The mutie had been crossing the town square just as big as Billy-be-damned.
at Billy-be-damned, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 157: I know what you mean, jellybean.
at jelly bean, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 305: The beef in the loincloth had looked much like Prince.
at beef, n.1
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 1287: I used to have a hellava beergut. Now I can look down and see my toes again.
at beer gut (n.) under beer, n.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 325: They’re your whimperers and whiners and belly-achers.
at belly-acher (n.) under bellyache, v.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 1038: She’s bi now.
at bi, adj.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 154: Lloyd biffed George in the nose, bloodying it, and Poke baffed him in the eye.
at biff, v.
[US] S. King Stand (1990) 52: The Columbia biggies had presented him with another check.
at biggie, n.
[US] S. King Stand 343: The sixth bolt was the one that had turned out to be the bitch-kitty.
at bitch-kitty, n.
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