1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II iii: M’m! Hell sho’ gwine bust loose now.at bust loose (v.) under bust, v.1
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II iii: These niggers are cooking up some trouble, officer.at cook up, v.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II i: There’s no Jim Crow in this union, and you knew it when you joined up.at Jim Crow, n.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II ii: I’m a dock-walloper, Sam, and I pull a truck on these wharves just the same as you do.at dock-walloper (n.) under dock, n.2
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore I iii: All right, fancy pants. You stay put on yo’ tail.at fancy pants, n.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II iii: Whew! Hot baby! You tell ’em, sugar!at hot baby! (excl.) under hot, adj.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore I iii: You git funny wid Walcott, and you find yourself head down in a mess of trouble.at mess, n.1
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore III ii: Listen to that coon! Shut up, nigger. Let’s mop ’em up.at mop (up), v.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore I iii: If dat nigger keeps going up and down de wharf shoot off about wages and organizing all de time, I know just whar he gwine end.at shoot off, v.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II ii: Whew! Mobiling dem sacks sho’ do tucker a body out.at tucker out, v.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II i: lem.: What do you want them to do? Stick with us or scab for Walcott? al.: They’ll scab on you anyway.at scab, v.
1935 Peters & Sklar Stevedore II iii: De nigger wench she know de difference between a man and a puffed-up toad when she sees one.at toad, n.