1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 4: Had me a little brown sugar action this morning.at action, n.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 11: His dust days were over, though; he’d lost too many amigos to that stuff.at amigo, n.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 221: ‘Salt-and-pepper team,’ said McGinnes.at salt-and-pepper, adj.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 51: Mutt and jeff were back on the couch.at mutt and jeff, n.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 37: Karras ankled his position at the end of the semester.at ankle, v.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 67: When the jungle heats up and boils over, you’re gonna see a lot of those candy-ass National Guardsmen dead in the street.at candy-ass, adj.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 67: The salesman [...] called it an ‘ass-kickin’, booty-whippin’’ picture.at ass-kicking, adv.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 5: A bad-ass prison picture called Short Eyes.at bad-ass, adj.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 60: The place was ass-to-elbow, humid all year round, and always smelled like something between piss and perspiration.at ass-to-elbow under ass, n.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 255: He’d snorted, laughed shortly, said something about ‘those simple-ass motherfuckers’. [Ibid.] 291: Damn [...] That’s a pretty-ass Riviera.at -ass, sfx
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 83: He had traded a half to some no-ass, nose-running junkie over on 10th.at no-ass, adj.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 40: Scores of purple-clad kids had descended on Georgetown in hopes of spotting His Royal Badness.at badness (n.) under bad, adj.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 45: With 3:10 to play, it looked like Alabama had it in the bag.at in the bag under bag, n.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 61: He could keep to himself, have a slow glass of cold beer, watch a little ball.at ball, n.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 94: He didn’t have the same kind of balls-out courage as the white cop.at balls out (adv.) under balls, n.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 106: Hey, Marcus, what are ya gonna do, bust my balls forever?at break someone’s balls (v.) under balls, n.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 203: If Tutt’s in bed with Tyrell [...] then you know the two of them have go to hook up to talk about damage control.at in bed with (adj.) under bed, n.
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 21: ‘Any beeswax? [...] The business,’ said Karras. ‘We doin’ any?’.at beeswax, n.2
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 257: There was this one bitch he had, his very own house mouse.at bitch, n.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 78: Had some wicked body odor coming off her, too, like she’d blown off showers for a week.at blow off, v.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 117: Murphy got out of the blue-and-white, and walked down the block.at blue-and-white (n.) under blue, adj.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 274: ‘Gimme some of that boat, man.’ Ray handed Monroe a lit joint.at boat, n.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 14: Not that she wasn’t a slave to the bone to begin with.at bone, n.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 48: He smiled, leaned forward from his place on the couch, where he sat twisting up a fat bone.at bone, n.1
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 38: ‘Funny, him taking off like that.’ ‘I know. I wonder why he booked.’.at book, v.2
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 252: You could bury a few bootheads real easy with twenty-five rounds.at boothead (n.) under boot, n.2
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 67: The salesman [...] called it an ‘ass-kickin’, booty-whippin’ ’ picture.at booty, n.2
1998 (con. 1986) G. Pelecanos Sweet Forever 66: You came up positive on a [drug] test, it could get you bounced right off the force.at bounce, v.1