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[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 306: He’s in the woodshed, drunk as a skunk.
at drunk as (a)..., adj.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 231: I was perfectly beastly to Nellie Cross.
at beastly, adj.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 107: I’ll bet my sweet young ass that Leslie has met his match.
at bet one’s (sweet) ass (v.) under bet, v.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 128: Oh, you stinking, rotten, goddamned bitchy sonofabitch!
at bitchy, adj.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 210: I got bounced, Dad.
at bounce, v.1
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 275: Gladys [...] as busty and brassy blond as ever.
at brassy, adj.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 223: One fourteen-year-old who developed a crush on me.
at crush, n.2
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 80: I’ll be danged if those bastards ain’t drained every drop!
at dang, v.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 141: ‘A girl in trouble.’ ‘She’s got in Dutch.’ ‘She’s knocked up.’.
at in Dutch under Dutch, n.1
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 305: He was generally referred to [...] as ‘that Eye-tye’.
at Eyetie, n.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 325: The backbone of Chestnut Street is broken for fair.
at for fair, adv.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 302: I’ll fix ya. Same’s I used to fix you long ago.
at fix, v.2
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 307: ‘Frig you,’ said Kenny hostilely.
at frig you! (excl.) under frig, v.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 80: ‘Time for you to take another trip to White River.’ ‘Like hell,’ said Lucas.
at like hell (adv.) under hell, n.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 160: Not even a high mucky muck doctor like you.
at high mucky-mucky, adj.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 157: ‘Goddamn it!’ roared the Doc. ‘Stop your jaw-flapping and do as I say!’.
at jaw-flapping (n.) under jaw, n.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 74: She’s loony [...] Loony as hell!
at loony, adj.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 207: ‘Smart guy,’ she was hissing at him [...] ‘So smart he doesn’t even know to wear a safe.’.
at safe, n.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 325: By Jesus! he thought, I’ll have to watch it. I’m beginning to sound like a true shellback.
at shell-back (n.) under shell, n.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 134: Growd some lately, ain’t she?
at some, adv.
[US] G. Metalious Peyton Place (1959) 185: He was hog-tied and completely swozzled. He would wait for Connie MacKenzie if it took her fifty years to make up her mind.
at swizzled, adj.
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