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Guys and Dolls choose

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[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 238: There is plenty of trouble around the Brussels in chilling the blonde doll’s beef over Lillian snagging her Peke.
at chill, v.2
[US] D. Runyon Guys and Dolls (1950) 144: Daffy Jack, who is considered a very good chiv artist, aims at The Brain’s heart, but misses it by a couple of inches.
at chiv artist (n.) under chiv, n.1
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 239: Who walks in but Wilbur Willard, and anybody can see he is just naturally floating [...] I never see Wilbur Willard mulled up more.
at float, v.1
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 238: A tough Ginney bootlegger by the name of Gregorio.
at guinea, adj.
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 243: I wonder if anyone has anything on their hip?
at have something on the hip (n.) under hip, n.3
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 232: Wilbur Willard all mulled up to a million.
at mulled (up), adj.
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 236: Of course nobody on Broadway blames Wilbur so very much for being such a rumpot.
at rumpot, n.
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 235: She will leap aboard them quicker than you can say scat.
at scat, v.1
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 244: She takes up with Gregorio, the Ginney bootlegger, who keeps her well Scotched up all the time.
at scotched up, adj.
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 239: Lillian is not such a cat as will stand for much woolling around.
at wool, v.
[US] D. Runyon ‘Lillian’ in Guys and Dolls (1956) 241: The swell-dressed doll near us begins yipping louder than Wilbur is yodelling.
at yip, v.
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