1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 168: Acosta hadn’t been told that Coombs was set to make like a swan.at make like (a)..., v.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 131: Broadway in the a.m., caught up in the restless, over-stimulated going-and-coming.at a.m., n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 161: Know what this house cost me [...] six thousand dollars a year for this unspeakable abortion.at abortion, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 145: Danny and George were still running easily, but Toro was all in.at all in, adj.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 216: The amber? [...] I haven’t got enough troubles? Why, my ulcer is havin’ ulcers!at amber, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 14: He picks up some down-and-outer or some new kid from the amateurs.at down-and-outer, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 14: He picks up [...] some new kid from the amateurs and he angles a spot or two for him.at angle, v.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 174: A wise apple. But he didn’t bother me.at wise apple (n.) under apple, n.1
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 246: Some old pug [...] put the arm on him for a sawbuck or two.at put the arm on (v.) under arm, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 14: Picking up a quiet C by arranging for one of his dive-artists to do an el foldo. [Ibid.] 205: This some tank artist, this Jones.at -artist, sfx
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 141: Stein was pistol-hot, so I thought we might as well cut ourselves in on some of his publicity.at ...a (three-dollar) pistol under hot as..., adj.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 34: Maybe I never went to college, but I can sure in hell add better ’n you.at sure as hell under sure as..., phr.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall 231: Three months ago your ass was hanging out.at have one’s ass hanging (out) under ass, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 12: Old Joe Roundheels [...] who had just been put away in two overs.at put away, v.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 175: Dingy bars with raucous juke-boxes and blousy B-girls.at B-girl, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 83: [man to man] Keep talking, baby [...] You’re talking us into a hatful of dough.at baby, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 124: So what you’ll really be is a barker for a . . . circus freak.at barker, n.1
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 221: It beats the hell outa me.at beats me! (excl.) under beat, v.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 90: Vince clapped his beefy hands to his big mouth.at beefy (adj.) under beef, n.1
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 87: He could take a good stiff belt without quitting.at belt, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 104: It was an effort for him to make polite conversation until he had the first couple under his belt.at under one’s belt under belt, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 89: An old master chased around the ring, easy to hit [...] finally belted out.at belt out (v.) under belt, v.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 141: I think George was getting the best of it, at that.at get the best of it (v.) under best (of it), n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 256: Dis guy’s a big dealer [...] He’s got a car, it looks like they put wheels on a speed-boat.at big deal, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 11: Not a nine-dollar bill like Golden Boy — no violinists with brittle hands, no undigested poetry.at nine-dollar bill, n.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 10: Grifters, chisellers, two-bit gamblers, big-time operators with small-time minds.at two-bit, adj.
1947 B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 113: They’d rather make four bits and crack somebody’s skull than make a legitimate buck.at four bits (n.) under bit, n.1