1952 R. Marsten ‘Carrera’s Women’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 67: We each held .45s in our fists.at forty-five, n.
1953 S. Frazee ‘Graveyard Shift’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 93: ‘You been a dress model?’ Crestone asked. ‘Yeah! Big stuff! I got tired of parading in front of bitches and their men.’.at big stuff (n.) under big, adj.
1953 C. Boeckman ‘Tough Cop’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 111: The band was fair. It wouldn’t bowl you over, but it had a good rhythm.at bowl over, v.
1953 C. Boeckman ‘Tough Cop’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 112: Grimm took out his buzzer and flashed it.at buzzer, n.3
1953 C. Boeckman ‘Tough Cop’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 112: Grimm took out his buzzer and flashed it.at flash, v.1
1953 R. Turner ‘The Teacher’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 121: You are a worry wart, aren’t you?at worry wart (n.) under worry, n.
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 101: The judge was boiling and screamed this menace would never harm children again.at boiling, adj.
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 94: Most of the kids just talked about marijuana. [...] We bought two butts each.at butt, n.1
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 96: They were all regular except for one deadhead. [...] All she did was sit in a corner, complaining.at deadhead, n.
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 101: It went over big. The judge was boiling and screamed this menace would never harm children again.at go over big (v.) under go over, v.
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 97: Harold came a half-hour later, carrying the goofers in a briefcase.at goofer, n.2
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 101: I sort of stepped forward and raised my hand, like I wanted to make a heavy confession.at heavy, adj.
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 96: The girls organized too and branded themselves the ‘Junkettes’.at junkette, n.
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 94: Only it wasn’t like we talked them into anything—that wasn’t so! Everybody wanted to ride the broomstick.at ride the broom (v.) under ride, v.
1954 M. Rubin ‘Gold Ring’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 98: We were drinking cokes with shots in them.at shot, n.1
1958 D. Sontup ‘The Guts to Kill’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 66: I let my finger tighten in the trigger. I didn’t freeze at all this time.at freeze, v.2
1958 R. Marsten ‘Carrera’s Women’ in Margulies Back Alley Jungle (1963) 67: I’d sweated in the Tampico oilfields [...] socking it away a little at a time, letting it pile up for the day I could kiss Mexico goodbye.at kiss goodbye (v.) under kiss, v.