2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 134: She got ya by the short hairs, huh?at have someone/something by the short and curlies (v.) under short and curlies, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 26: Except for tourists who were lost or turned around, white people rarely ventured on foot to that end of Auburn Avenue.at turned around, adj.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 23: When blacks kept coming, white folks hauled tail out of town.at haul ass, v.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 10: Afterwards [i.e. after sex] she’d light a cigarette, blow smoke rings [...] and come up with an excuse to get an attitude.at cop an attitude (v.) under attitude, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 25: He liked to hear Tyrone brag about the young women he had bedded.at bed, v.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 61: Maybe he would go to Beaufort one day and find that big-leg Geechie gal.at big leg (adj.) under big, adj.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 17: A bunch of long-haired bikers – a motorcycle gang! – with flags pasted across their sleeveless leather jackets.at biker, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 24: Self-absorbed buppies, puffed-up over fancy houses and big-shot careers.at buppie, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 12: The poor white trash in Cabbagetown despised chi-chi yuppies a tad less than they hated niggers.at cabbage town (n.) under cabbage, n.2
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 34: Rather than wait on his chintzy landlord, Barlowe used his own funds.at chintzy, adj.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 103: Barlowe was cockstrong. He had knocked a man cold one day.at cockstrong (adj.) under cock, n.3
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 78: They used to pay twenny dollars a head to turn in crazies to the loony farm.at crazy, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 93: There was sometimes work to be had at the state mental hospital [...] most of the patients at the crazy house had either fled, were fleeing, or were plotting escape.at crazy house (n.) under crazy, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 106: Mr. Crawford promised that when he sells he’ll give me first dibs.at first dibs (n.) under dib, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 11: She didn’t give a squirrel’s butt about people; she didn’t know diddly, and couldn’t care less.at diddly, n.1
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 93: He [...] trudged five miles to the bus station and caught the gray dog to Atlanta.at dog, the, n.1
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 89: [...] even if it meant doing nothing but staying tore-down pissy-drunk.at tore down, adj.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 27: I dusted im off, good. Gave im a country stompin.at dust (off) (v.) under dust, v.1
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 64: When the dusting was done, Ricky leaned over and coughed up blood.at dusting, n.1
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 91: White girls, off limits. No eyeballin, greetin, embracin [...] or otherwise touchin the fruit.at eyeballing, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 25: He liked to soak up stories about wild adventures in the fast lane.at fast lane, n.
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 133: [of a relationship] Nell said good-bye, and Barlowe left. It was the first time she fired him.at fire, v.2
2007 N. McCall Them (2008) 33: Tyrone tilted slightly to one side and slapped him five.at slap five (v.) under five, n.2