1953 A. Petry Narrows 66: After you drank enough beer you would get a jag on and if you got a jag on you could convince yourself you packed a punch like Old Man Louis.at get a jag on (v.) under jag, n.1
1954 A. Petry Narrows 86: Some nights it was cold enough to freeze the tail off a brass monkey.at cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, phr.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 265: The meat man he come in here this mornin’, a brokedown dogass white man if ever I see one.at dog-assed, adj.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 267: Don’t you go lockin’ asses with him, Sonny.at lock assholes (v.) under asshole, n.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 312: I don’t make book on crazy sons of bitches [...] If I did, I’d be out of business in twenty-four hours.at make book (on) (v.) under book, n.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 170: What the dickens was he thinking about anyway.at what the dickens...?, phr.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 312: I could eat a horse. Stewed, fried, or pickled.at could eat a horse (and chase the jockey/rider) under eat, v.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 247: She and Link walk gumshoe when dey come in [...] Dey gumshoe in, through door.at gumshoe, v.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 367: Like that stuff they shoot into a hasbeen racehorse, jazz him up so he can keep running.at jazz up (v.) under jazz, v.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 341: What was she doin’ on the dock in Niggertown, three in the mornin’.at niggertown, n.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 214: I don’t know what made me start shootin’ off at the mouth.at shoot off at the mouth (v.) under shoot off, v.
1954 A. Petry Narrows 241: That’s right, Miss Doris, you go in there and scare the shit out of that buffalo.at scare the (living) shit(s) out of (v.) under shit, the, phr.