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Boy and Girl Tramps of America choose

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[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 152: They feed him on the black bottle because he ain’t got no friends.
at black bottle (n.) under black, adj.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 15: Here, you, Blimp, [...] take these tins down to the river.
at blimp, n.1
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 139: But you gotta be careful of some women or you’ll get burned. I got a little bit singed myself once, but a doctor in Memphis cured me.
at burn, v.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 154: The dehorn on top of Dago Red has made him drunk but friendly.
at dago red (n.) under dago, adj.1
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 150: A filthy old drunk, full of dehorn moon.
at dehorn, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 162: Every mother’s son of them is crooked.
at every mother’s son, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 143: I have seen wolves and their little ‘lambs’ or ‘fairies,’ and their relationship seems to be one of mutual satisfaction.
at fairy, n.1
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 15: The rest of you gaffers [...] get some grub.
at gaffer, n.1
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 27: I can hit the stem [...] for a dime anytime anywhere if the cops ain’t glimming.
at glim, v.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 217: I carries the banner slinking harness bulls. Until glims. Then I batters private.
at glim, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 125: Poorly dressed men with a grouch and a mean look are often the best prospects.
at grouch, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 209: Woman gave me good handout. Half a cake.
at hand-out, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 217: Then I [...] sock into the old heavy-foot himself.
at heavy-foot (n.) under heavy, adj.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 190: I just heists it off the Wop’s stand and tucks it under my coat.
at heist, v.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 171: Maybe this will show some of those goddam bankers and high-ups something to wake them up.
at high-up, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 217: Skating on my uppers I mush talks him out of a hustle buggy ride and into mongee.
at hustle-buggy (n.) under hustle, v.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 110: Last night some jack roller stole one of Texas’ shoes.
at jack roller, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 176: The jungle law is invoked and renders its decision.
at jungle, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 109: There is a checker tournament in progress [...] three different players shouting aloud and a crowd laughing and kibitzing.
at kibitz, v.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 199: Three long butts I kipped right in front of the entrance.
at kipe, v.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 143: I have seen wolves and their little ‘lambs’ or ‘fairies,’ and their relationship seems to be one of mutual satisfaction.
at lamb, n.1
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 217: Skating on my uppers I mush talks him out of a hustle buggy ride and into mongee.
at mongee, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 129: Bulldogs can’t run [...] A little sprint and they are all tuckered out.
at tuckered (out), adj.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 131: I don’t try that until everything goes phooey.
at phooey!, excl.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 217: Tooting ringers for a scoffing?
at ringer, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 152: You never saw a fat guy eating at Sally’s.
at Sally, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 123: Once I made two slugs in fifteen minutes.
at slug, n.1
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 137: I’m high-tailing up State Street feeling kinda light in the head, and socko, I’m in the gutter.
at socko, adv.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 84: When I see a woman going home I follow her and hit her for some clothes and lots of times I get a big dinner, and some spiffs too.
at spiffs, n.
[US] T. Minehan Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 20: The stem is pretty tough all through the South.
at stem, n.
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