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[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 108: Warbucks was happy as a clam at high tide.
at ...a clam under happy as..., adj.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 237: Pogey Bait – candy, gum etc.
at pogy bait, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 114: The first hotel I can find, dumbbell.
at dumb-bell, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 41: I’ll be a blimp, probably with stretch marks too.
at blimp, n.1
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 80: ‘I got a better idea,’ said Slim. ‘Oh, oh. Another brain fart,’ snickered Sundance.
at brain fart, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 160: ‘Bullcrap,’ said Sundance.
at bullcrap (n.) under bull, n.6
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 209: I am just as burnt out as you are when you come into port.
at burned out, adj.1
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 222: Sweetwater told Jeff about the time Slim and Sundance ‘cooked’ the Russian ship.
at cook, v.1
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 236: Ditch – nickname for Suez Canal.
at Ditch, the, n.1
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 102: Shoot, this duckhead acts like he’s flying blindfold!
at duckhead (n.) under duck, n.1
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 189: Sundance bristled. ‘How’d you like a couple of racetracks around your headlights, fat mouth?’.
at fatmouth, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 209: Hey man. You look like a ghost. What gives?
at what gives? under give, v.3
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 170: I love you Mom. You guys [parents] are great!
at guy, n.2
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 51: I’m having trouble controlling this hog [airplane].
at hog, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 95: ‘Rumor has it you’ve been taking Hollywood Showers.’ Shaking her finger, Jan said, ‘Naughty, naughty.’.
at Hollywood, adj.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 53: Well, kiss a fat lady in the ass! [...] The damn probe isn’t coming out.
at kiss it where the sun don’t shine! (excl.) under kiss, v.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 63: Come on, Sundance. Go shake the dew off your lily.
at shake the dew off one’s/the lily (v.) under lily, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 63: ‘You going to get your ashes hauled tonight?’ [...] ‘What does that mean?’ ‘Same as getting some mud for your turtle, honey.’.
at get some mud for one’s turtle (v.) under mud, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 83: What a pumpkin! Sundance thought. She looks like she just walked in off the farm.
at pumpkin, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 60: Slim tuned his head and calmly said, ‘Screw you’.
at screw you! (excl.) under screw, v.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 102: Shoot, this duckhead acts like he’s flying blindfold!
at shoot!, excl.1
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 203: ‘Let’s go ask the Sky-pilot to help us.’ The three pilots gathered outside Rabbi Freeman’s stateroom [...] Rabbi Freeman was the only Jewish chaplain on a carrier in the U.S. Navy.
at skypilot (n.) under sky, n.1
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 192: He could already taste the slider and autodog on Hambone’s meal ticket.
at slider, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 189: How’d you like that Vietnamese stuff?
at stuff, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 81: The taxi careened around people and other cars as it literally roared down the middle of the street [...] ‘Hey sucker,’ yelled Sundance sitting in the suicide seat, ‘what do you think this is? The Indianapolis 500?’.
at suicide seat (n.) under suicide, n.
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 62: You’ve also got great torpedoes.
at torpedo, n.2
[US] LaBarge & Holt Sweetwater Gunslinger 201 (1990) 67: You’ve got nice wheels.
at wheels, n.
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