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[US] F. Norris McTeague (1958) 39: You got a bean about somethun, hey? Spit ut out.
at bean, n.3
[US] F. Norris McTeague (1958) 323: You soldiered me out of that money once, and played me for a sucker, an’ it’s my turn now.
at come the old soldier (v.) under come the..., v.
[US] F. Norris McTeague (1958) 326: The other seemed unsatisfied. ‘Are you a “cousin Jack”?’ The dentist grinned. This prejudice against Cornishmen he remembered too.
at Cousin Jack, n.
[US] F. Norris McTeague (1958) 169: Ah, one-horse dentist [...] Ah, zinc-plugger, cow-killer, I’d like to show you once, you overgrown mucker, you – you – cow-killer!
at cow-killer (n.) under cow, n.1
[US] F. Norris McTeague (1958) 168: Marcus had ‘taken up with’ Selina a little after Trina had married, and had been ‘rushing’ her ever since.
at rush, v.
[US] F. Norris McTeague (1958) 127: A row of empty champagne bottles – ‘dead soldiers,’ as the facetious waiter had called them.
at dead soldier (n.) under soldier, n.
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