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[US] K. Nicholson Barker II i: Boloney! It’s all how their folks raise ’em.
at baloney!, excl.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I i: So that’s why yer sore at the Colonel. You put th’ bee on him an’ he turned you down.
at put the bee on (v.) under bee, n.1
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I i: You jest oughta hear him blowin’ you up to th’ skies.
at blow up, v.1
[US] K. Nicholson Barker III i: At least in burley-Q you ain’t wadin’ knee-deep in soup all the time.
at burlycue, n.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 1: But who’d think where buildings are tall / Business could be so dad-burned bum?
at dad-burned, adj.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker II ii: He hit the ceiling.
at hit the ceiling, v.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 149: Clam shells – Silver dollars.
at clam, n.2
[US] K. Nicholson Barker II i: If Chris has got the right stuff in him he’ll come through.
at come through, v.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker II i: The crummiest broad on the outfit, an’ you have to get messed up with her!
at crummy, adj.2
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I i: chris: What’s a dukie? nifty: Dukie! Meal ticket.
at dukie, n.1
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I ii: Well, here’s mud in your eye! (She drinks it down and shudders).
at here’s mud in your eye!, excl.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 149: Fin – A dollar bill.
at fin, n.2
[US] K. Nicholson Barker Ii i: Paw gave me fits fer bein’ out so late.
at give someone fits (v.) under fit, n.3
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I ii: Let’s frame it so’s he falls for you.
at frame, v.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I ii: Say, a good-lookin’ young fella like you could get any frill you wanted.
at frill, n.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I ii: If anything’d happen to that young fuzzface he’d get a taste, then, of his own medicine.
at fuzzface (n.) under fuzz, n.2
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 149: Gaff – A dishonest gaming device.
at gaff, n.3
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 150: Gimmick – A dishonest gaming device.
at gimmick, n.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 149: Grease joint – Hot sandwich stand.
at grease joint (n.) under grease, n.1
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 150: Grind show – One having a continuous performance.
at grind show (n.) under grind, n.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker III i: If she comes to say goodbye, don’t be hardnosed. Treat her decent.
at hard-nosed, adj.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker III i: The whole damn works is shot to hell anyways.
at shot to hell (adj.) under hell, n.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker II ii: I ain’t got a mind of mine own where the kid’s concerned, I’m so hipped on him.
at hipped, adj.2
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I i: Oh, she’s a hooch-dancer – Princess Kalima. And a friend of your daddy’s. (Pointedly.) A very special friend, you might say].
at hootchy-kootchy, n.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker II ii: You hypnotized him into thinkin’ he loves you. Then when you had him all hot pants you married him.
at hot pants, adj.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I i: You think all there is to it is rarin’ round havin’ a good time and whoopin’ it up.
at whoop it up, v.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker 149: Juice joint – Soft drink stand.
at juice joint (n.) under juice, n.1
[US] K. Nicholson Barker II i: Well, if I was the Colonel, I’d feel like kickin’ off myself.
at kick off, v.1
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I ii: He’d knock me for a ghoul.
at knock for a loop (v.) under knock, v.
[US] K. Nicholson Barker I ii: One more o’ them and I’ll be lit up like Luna Park!
at lit (up) like Broadway (adj.) under lit (up), adj.
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