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[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 62: ‘Are you Tony Tamale?’ ‘Does Jell-o roll off a tit?’ [...] ‘Is a Chinaman’s asshole slanted?’.
at does a bear shit in the woods? Is the pope (a) Catholic?, phr.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 170: Legs and arms, the first places every probation officer looked to see if a kid had a monkey on his back.
at monkey on one’s back, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 92: Thanks for the pinup of Betty Grable. What a pair of bazookas that dame’s packing.
at bazookas, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 89: Another mysterious invention [...] This one was a beaut.
at beaut, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 2: Don’t bitch it up! No fights with sailors!
at bitch up, v.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 52: ‘Why have you blades stopped coming?’ [Ibid.] 105: ‘I know you blades don’t get a fair shake.’.
at blade, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 195: The Hollywood Stars were burning up [...] The crowd was hysterical with the scent of blood.
at burn up, v.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 176: Hey, hombre, you copped her cherry yet?
at cop a cherry (v.) under cherry, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) n.p.: Chico, you think we don’t know what you are up to in the Barrio?
at chico, n.2
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 58: Come on inside, civvie.
at civvie, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 65: You don’t want to connect, all you want is to bet on Sea Biscuit.
at connect, v.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 89: Another mysterious invention the Sponsors cooked up at the lab.
at cook up, v.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 58: ‘If you can’t get a boner, I’ll let you cop a feel of my cookie.’ [...] ‘C’mon, civvie, my cookie’s getting mushy!’.
at cookie, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 86: The Hollywood Stars were cooking. Angel was breathing red hot and throwing comets.
at cooking, adj.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 9: I doubt she could punch her way out of a paper bag.
at couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag under couldn’t..., phr.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 177: Get yourself up in some pants with stuff-cuffs, reet-pleats.
at stuff cuff, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 70: The Zolot waved the blade [...] ‘Back off or I’ll dag you!’.
at dag, v.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 105: What makes you think they didn’t dish it out?
at dish it (out) (v.) under dish, v.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 72: If I wasn’t over the hill as a good dogface, what i would give to get a crack at these [...] Jap bastards.
at dogface (n.) under dog, n.2
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 71: ‘San Pedro, pier 128.’ ‘Okie-dokie, San Pete it is.’.
at okey-doke!, excl.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 65: Listen, you dirty little dope addict.
at dope addict (n.) under dope, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 9: The cops shook La Rue down after those FBI shootings. They couldn’t pin a thing on her.
at shake down, v.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 72: Buddy, you wouldn’t catch me on no washtub out there in the drink.
at drink, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 59: Look at that big black enchilada on that animal [i.e. a donkey].
at enchilada, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 34: The pinups might help the war effort [...] by keeping all those slanteyes’ fingers busy.
at slant-eye, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 144: There is no need for me doing this tango any longer ...] It’s pointless to play footsies in such a dangerous situation.
at play footsie(s) (v.) under footsie-footsie, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 78: Don’t be a palooka. Give a working girl a break.
at working girl, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 176: Hey, hombre, you copped her cherry yet?
at hombre, n.
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 106: They wouldn’t have let Horse loose in the Barrio, hooking young kids.
at hook, v.1
[US] (con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 20: I have these nightmares [...] That the carrier takes a hot one off the port quarter [...] and we have to jump for it.
at hot one, n.
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