1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 273: We tried to make her perk up a little – we tried like all get-out.at all get out, phr.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 187: A run-down, no-good territory where Paddy used to rob you blind.at rob blind (v.) under blind, adv.1
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 277: You can use both of them [i.e. fingers], bonehead.at bonehead, n.1
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 185: Sit down, Pendleton, and let’s get down to brass tacks.at get down to brass tacks (v.) under brass tacks, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 253: There was a syringe in there, extra needles, a spoon, and a tin of canned heat.at canned heat, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 177: Why do you think I run myself ragged doing flunky errands.at flunky, n.2
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 284: You crazy four-flusher [...] You think I’m a dumb country cop, huh?at four-flusher, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 188: What would you and your gangster friends call that, Daddy? The freeze is the word, isn’t it? The freeze!at freeze, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 238: ‘You need a pop, don’t you?’ [...] ‘Gad, yes!’.at gad!, excl.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 284: You think I’m a dumb country cop, huh? Listening to your gaff.at gaff, n.2
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 218: It also looked as if he was going to gum the works.at gum (up) the works (v.) under gum, v.2
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 250: ‘That give you a jolt, huh?’ [...] ‘I get my jolts elsewhere,’ she said. ‘Almost anywhere else.’.at jolt, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 283: What’s smart about giving you the run-around while I’m stuck in your lousy jug, copper?at jug, n.1
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 238: You lousy junkhead, did you give that kid a jolt?at junkhead (n.) under junk, n.1
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 269: And he didn’t say father, really, he said old man.at old man, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 237: ‘He really thinks you’re the nuts, Benny, really proud of you.’.at nuts, the, n.1
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 234: Three times a day Tober was a pistol, sharp, fast, and full of noise.at pistol, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 311: ‘Just what do you call an emergency?’ ‘That I don’t get there, rockhead!’.at rockhead (n.) under rock, n.
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 298: That sharp, bitter whiskey. I remember now [...] You spiked it.at spike, v.2
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 237: Keep her under wraps a week or so and that’ll really stew her old man.at stew, v.1
1955 P. Rabe Benny Muscles In (2004) 192: ‘Who’s on the couch?’ she asked. ‘Uptown trade.’.at uptown, adj.