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Catcher in the Rye (1958) 33: The leading man can’t go on. He’s drunk as a bastard.at drunk as (a)..., adj.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 33: The leading man can’t go on. He’s drunk as a bastard. Catcher in the Rye (1958) 105: When I was in bed I couldn’t pray worth a damn.at worth a damn under worth a..., phr.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 63: I could picture her breaking a goddam leg to get to the phone and tell my mother I was in New York.at break a leg, v.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 190: I’ll show you the door in short order if you flunked in English, you little ace composition writer.at ace, adj.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 54: You’re aces, Ackley kid.at aces, adj.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 32: He gave out a big yawn while he said that. Which is something that gives me a royal pain in the ass.at give someone a pain in the arse (v.) under pain in the arse, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 12: He was a nice old guy that didn’t know his ass from his elbow.at not know one’s arse/ass from one’s elbow (v.) under arse, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 8: It was December and all, and it was cold as a witch’s teat.at ...a witch’s tit under cold as..., adj.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 52: That fat-assed Ed Banky.at fat-ass, adj.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 79: The blonde one, old Bernice, was drinking bourbon and water. She was really putting it away, too.at put away, v.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 55: Here I was getting the axe again.at axe, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 45: You always do everything backasswards.at back-assward (adv.) under back, adj.2
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 96: ‘Hey, is she good-looking?’ I asked him. ‘I don’t want any old bag.’ ‘No old bag.’.at bag, n.1
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 33: I hate the movies like poison, but I get a bang imitating them.at get a bang (out of) (v.) under bang, n.1
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 181: I was afraid my parents would barge in on me right in the middle.at barge (in) (v.) under barge, n.1
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 84: I knew she wouldn’t let him get to first base with her.at first base, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 116: I started wondering like a bastard what the one sitting next to me, that taught English, thought about, being a nun and all, when she read certain books.at like a bastard (adv.) under bastard, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 132: What a deal that was. You never saw so many phonies in all your life.at big deal, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 168: All you have to do, practically, is sit down on the bed and say, ‘Wake up, Phoeb,’ and bingo, she’s awake.at bingo!, excl.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 36: All I ever saw him do was booze all the time.at booze, v.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 73: Very brassy, but not good brassy – corny brassy.at brassy, adj.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 64: What’re ya tryna do, bud?at bud, n.1
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 32: Be a buddy. Be a buddyroo.at buddy-o (n.) under buddy, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 20: He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy. [Ibid.] 32: Be a buddy. Be a buddyroo.at buddy, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 17: I shot the bull for a while. I told him I was a real moron, and all that stuff.at shoot the bull (v.) under bull, n.6
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 174: If you were having a bull session in somebody’s room, and somebody wanted to come in, nobody’d let them in if they were some dopey, pimply guy.at bull session, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 205: I’d go down to the Holland Tunnel and bum a ride.at bum a ride (v.) under bum, v.3
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 101: ‘I had an operation very recently.’ ‘Yeah? Where?’ ‘On my wuddayacallit – my clavichord.’.at what-d’you-call-it, n.
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 75: I have my hand on your back. If I think there isn’t anything underneath my hand – no can, no legs, no feet, no anything – then the girl’s really a terrific dancer.at can, n.1
Catcher in the Rye (1958) 31: I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him while he was shaving.at can, n.1
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