1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 40: You see how my gal can back-chat me an’ get away with it?at backchat, v.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 149: I wouldn’t make a woman ball me up like that. I’d see her dead in a ditch.at ball up, v.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 54: It was about you’ cousin Emma who married now in America, an’ you bought belly-woman an’ big-water mark.at belly-woman (n.) under belly, n.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 72: An’ Ditty she a big gal now caan help her [...] but ah-so today pickney stay, me Jesus, gal ah big-up like ooman now scasely can kip de one-room clean.at big up, v.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 69: I’m an old fowl now, chicken is what you want.at chicken, n.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 34: Yuh better gwan ’bout yuh business, bwoy, Ah don’t feel to chop mout’ wid yuh today.at chop it up (v.) under chop, v.1
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 37: The little monkey, the ugly little cow-son.at cowson, n.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 87: If you mean cracking a crib I never done anything like that.at crack a crib (v.) under crib, n.1
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 273: ‘John Crows,’ said Manny to Wilfie. ‘Jus’ like a lot of ole John Crows.’.at John Crow, n.1
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 224: He wouldn’t mind sleeping with one of the younger flossies [...] in one of those flop-joints down that street.at flop joint (n.) under flop, n.5
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 224: He could risk it, go to Hanover Street ... sleep with a whore ... he wouldn’t mind sleeping with one of the younger flossies.at flossie, n.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 144: You gimme a pain in the guts.at give someone a pain in the neck (v.) under pain (in the neck), n.1
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 57: The wind [...] going lickety-spit.at lickety-split, adv.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 148: She isn’t worth it. Just a white-livered tramp.at white-livered, adj.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 150: You know somep’n boy, she’d piss you up. That baby she’s tough. She’d make you piss.at piss off, v.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 250: Ras said: ‘Howdy brother. Peace an’ love.’.at peace, phr.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 104: You must be tek me fo’ poppy-show.at poppy-show, n.2
1953 R. Mais Hills Were Joyful Together (1966) 19: Ras a no-good, hulkin’, small-time scuffler.at scuffler, n.
1953 R. Mais Hills Were Joyful Together (1966) 39: He never doubted that the Lord had somehow had a hand in his affairs that day, and many another scuffler felt the same.at scuffler, n.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 61: Fellows who talking to her couldn’t keep their eyes off her tits, she all sexed-up an’ wanting to do things.at sexed up (adj.) under sex, v.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 188: ‘Shit to you!’ said Chippie.at shit on…! (excl.) under shit, v.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 56: It’s nothing [...] Some skin off my elbow, ’bout all.at no skin off one’s nose under skin, n.1
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 214: He was smoking a spliff. He could smell the weed.at spliff, n.
1953 R. Mais Hills were Joyful Together (1966) 33: Manny came up grinning at her in his over-bold force-ripe way, like he was hot in the pants.at hot in the tail (adj.) under tail, n.