1927 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
1927 K. Nicholson Barker III i: At least in burley-Q you ain’t wadin’ knee-deep in soup all the time.at burlycue, n.
1927 K. Nicholson Barker 1: But who’d think where buildings are tall / Business could be so dad-burned bum?at dad-burned, adj.
1927 K. Nicholson Barker II i: If Chris has got the right stuff in him he’ll come through.at come through, v.
1927 K. Nicholson Barker II i: The crummiest broad on the outfit, an’ you have to get messed up with her!at crummy, adj.2
1927 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.
1927 K. Nicholson Barker Ii i: Paw gave me fits fer bein’ out so late.at give someone fits (v.) under fit, n.3
1927 K. Nicholson Barker I ii: Say, a good-lookin’ young fella like you could get any frill you wanted.at frill, n.
1927 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
1927 K. Nicholson Barker 149: Grease joint – Hot sandwich stand.at grease joint (n.) under grease, n.1
1927 K. Nicholson Barker 150: Grind show – One having a continuous performance.at grind show (n.) under grind, n.
1927 K. Nicholson Barker III i: If she comes to say goodbye, don’t be hardnosed. Treat her decent.at hard-nosed, adj.
1927 K. Nicholson Barker III i: The whole damn works is shot to hell anyways.at shot to hell (adj.) under hell, n.
1927 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
1927 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.
1927 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.
1927 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.
1927 K. Nicholson Barker II i: Well, if I was the Colonel, I’d feel like kickin’ off myself.at kick off, v.1
1927 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.