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The Naked and the Dead choose

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[US] N. Mailer Naked and the Dead 422: I was president of our junior class in high school [...] I don’t mean that that’s anything to beat my meat about, but it taught me how to get along with people.
at beat one’s meat (v.) under meat, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 439: Ah ain’t worth a good goddam.
at not worth a good goddam, phr.
[US] N. Mailer Naked and Dead 21: You’re fuggin ay.
at fucking-A, adj.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 543: Ah wish to hell that hole in mah belly would stop actin’ up.
at act up, v.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 13: You’re all set for everything now.
at all set, adj.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 346: That crap you put out, I understand, bread and butter.
at bread and butter, n.1
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 157: Ah’m fugged if Ah’ll wait for any ole deer.
at any old, adj.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 293: You got to be a smart apple if you want to live big.
at smart apple (n.) under apple, n.1
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 16: When I think of my wife fooling around probably right this minute.
at fool around, v.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 162: You go tomcattin’ to town, and jus’ hellin’ around.
at hell around, v.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 14: Ugly incidents out of the years he had knocked around.
at knock around, v.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 542: They give me a pain in the ass.
at give someone a pain in the arse (v.) under pain in the arse, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 16: Do you think I’d bitch? In the pig’s hole I would.
at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 199: They just send you out to get your ass blown off.
at ass, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 211: A bunch of men like us is risking our ass for a whole goddam week.
at ass, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 439: Croft’s been on my ass the whole time.
at on someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 33: Red, you can blow it out.
at blow it out your ass!, excl.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 201: They she was bare-ass naked.
at bare-ass, adj.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 604: All right, men, let’s haul ass.
at haul ass, v.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 34: Tell me why you bother cultivating that weed under your nose when it grows wild in your ass-hole?
at asshole, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 237: A Cornell man, a Deke, a perfect ass-hole.
at asshole, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 16: Maybe you think I wasn’t keeping a tight asshole when those Japs started firing.
at keep a tight asshole (v.) under asshole, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 377: You ain’t gonna be layin’ up with no woman.
at lay back, v.
[US] N. Mailer Naked and Dead 289: My aching back, he’s got a whole boxful of them [i.e. medals].
at my aching back! (excl.) under back, n.1
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 559: Oh, what a bag I got on.
at have a bag on (v.) under bag, n.1
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 267: Watch out for your old man when he’s got a bag on.
at have a bag on (v.) under bag, n.1
[US] N. Mailer Naked and Dead 315: How many other times have you dropped the ball on patrol?
at drop the ball (v.) under ball, n.1
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 616: You don’ wanta be gettin’ your balls in an uproar.
at get one’s balls in an uproar (v.) under balls, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 161: Mah balls would git to itchin’ when Ah’d look at her.
at balls, n.
[US] (con. 1944) N. Mailer Naked and Dead 273: I get a bang outa talkin’ to ya.
at get a bang (out of) (v.) under bang, n.1
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