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[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 65: My mother [...] ’d shit a brick if she knew I was doing this.
at shit a brick, v.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 119: That airhead debutante.
at airhead, adj.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 188: She’d better report to me on Friday or she’s out on her ass.
at out on one’s ass under ass, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 59: Care for a darling bow-wow?
at bow-wow, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 125: Hey . . . what does a breeder know?
at breeder, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 42: It just bugs the hell out of me that I’ll never be everything she needs.
at bug, v.2
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 153: [of men] As soon as this dust gets washed off, all the little disco bunnies will emerge.
at bunny, n.1
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 42: I busted my butt trying to be everything to one person.
at bust one’s ass (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 94: ‘Who is she?’ ‘Just a Good Time Charlene I used to know.’.
at good-time Charlie, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 23: The movies were [...] comfy old chestnuts like Splendor in the Grass.
at chestnut, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 40: It must’ve been a bitch, staying closeted all these years.
at closet, adj.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 54: Maybe he’ll come out [...] and offer me an exclusive on the story.
at come out, v.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 35: Nelson Schwab had cornered him during Hell Week at the Deke House.
at deke, n.1
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 212: What’s for din-din?
at din-din, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 212: I’ll thank you not to be so flip!
at flip, adj.1
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City 121: He thinks of me as a fuck buddy. Period.
at fuck buddy (n.) under fuck, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 36: They [...] sat on a bench in the sunshine, docile and groggy as a couple, of ageing house cats.
at groggy, adj.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 35: Nelson Schwab had cornered him during Hell Week at the Deke House.
at hell week (n.) under hell, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 165: That good-looking thing traveling with the hoity-toity blonde?
at hoity-toity, adj.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 209: You looked like holy hell last night.
at holy, adj.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 36: That stuff [i.e. a variety of strong marijuana] knocks your socks off.
at knock the socks off (v.) under knock, v.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 199: ‘I want this to be . . . official, Father.’ ‘Meaning, zip the old lip, huh?’.
at zip one’s lip, v.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 69: Lube on the sheets, poppers on the carpet.
at lube, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 137: The outburst miffed Mary Ann.
at miff, v.1
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 40: Two mil a movie must soften the blow.
at mil, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 117: I haven’t had a good TV-and-junk-food pig-out in ages.
at pig-out (n.) under pig, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 71: I’ll catch some rays in the courtyard.
at catch (some) rays (v.) under rays, n.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 62: This sweet, but rummy society matron.
at rummy, adj.1
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 119: Scratch the roller-skating, huh?
at scratch, v.
[US] A. Maupin Further Tales of the City (1984) 28: I paid for a weekend shack-up in Sierra City.
at shack-up, n.
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