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Do Not Go Gentle choose

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[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 202: That queer’s really a first class A-1 mother-rapin’ gutless wonder of a horse’s ass!
at A-1, adj.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 208: Tojo—eats shit!
at eat shit (and die)!, excl.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 140: Calm down, ape ass, he told himself.
at ape-ass (n.) under ape, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 202: That bastard can’t raise a beard ’cause he’s as queer as a three dollar bill.
at ...a three-dollar bill under queer as..., adj.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 166: [If] ya move out on patrol [...] and go shufflin’ along dead-assed I’ll cut ya up good. Got that?
at dead-ass, adv.1
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 117: The lousiest drag-ass bunch of mother-eatin’ piss-drinkin’ fart sack-lovin’ pack of homos I ever seed.
at drag-ass, adj.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 248: I saw Wages [...] comin’ outa the lieutenant’s tent. He got the red ass?
at red ass, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 337: ‘But, Sarge I itch!’ ‘You itch with bells on. God damn it, I said don’t move!’.
at with bells on under bell, n.1
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 129: Don’t drag ass around like the whole bitchin’ world’s got you by the balls.
at bitching, adj.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 340: It makes the ole blow hole pucker up.
at blowhole, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 145: Larko’s got shit fer brains.
at shit for brains, phr.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 82: She’s plastered, Normy. Bushwacked! Taken in the rear, by booze.
at bushwhacked, adj.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 63: Some were checking their lamps [...] waiting for the cage to come up for them.
at cage, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 77: Naw! I put them over my face to keep out the light when I cork out.
at cork out (v.) under cork, v.1
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 322: I’ll have you know that I came from heaven!’ ‘That’s a crock!’.
at crock, n.1
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 124: ‘Balls!’ Buzzaro snorted. ‘You’re havin’ a wet dream.’.
at wet dream, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 216: Shut up, you dumb shit.
at dumbshit, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 117: The lousiest drag-ass bunch of mother-eatin’ piss-drinkin’ fart sack-lovin’ pack of homos I ever seed. [Ibid.] 145: That’s all ya think about. That and your fart-sacks and nooky.
at fart-sack (n.) under fart, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 124: Bet those women of yours get real jealous of Mary Five-Fingers, eh?
at Mary Fist, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 143: You feel you’re gonna flash yer hash again, Mac, give us the high-sign—okay?
at flash the hash (v.) under flash, v.1
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 376: Where’d ya get the fruit salad, cousin? My, my, the Purple Heart, too.
at fruit salad, n.1
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 76: Then this fruit saysa ta me, ‘How comea ya talk ofa love when I’ma so mad, eh?’[sic].
at fruit, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 116: A gut-bustin’ clown, eh?
at gut-buster (n.) under gut, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 202: That queer’s really a first class A-1 mother-rapin’ gutless wonder of a horse’s ass!
at gutless wonder (n.) under gutless, adj.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 210: Hang easy, buddy.
at hang, v.4
[UK] D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle 199: Hang easy, buddy [HDAS].
at hang (it) easy! (excl.) under hang, v.4
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 201: Trouble with you hoss, you’re glory-happy. Allus buckin’ for medals.
at -happy, sfx
[UK] (con. 1940s) MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 128: As of right now I wanna start forgettin’ that heller.
at heller (n.) under hell, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 76: We [...] bring the girls back. Makes for a real heller.
at heller (n.) under hell, n.
[UK] (con. 1940s) D. MacCuish Do Not Go Gentle (1962) 362: We’ll hoist a few at the club.
at hoist, v.
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