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[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 97: We’d call them alligators [...] because they were the guys who came up to swallow everything we had to learn.
at alligator, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 24: They used to have ‘cutting contests’ every time you’d get on the streets.
at cutting contest, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 4: I never heard it called Storyville [...] It was always The District — the red light district.
at District, the, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 189: I [...] grow far more excited than any of the most obnoxious ickies.
at icky, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 227: I’m a killer in my new shepherd plaid suit.
at killer, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 53: The sporting houses needed professors.
at professor, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 248: Ma had quit the scene.
at quit the scene (v.) under scene, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 356: He couldn’t feel it.
at feel one’s stuff (v.) under stuff, n.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 204: He had the first big colored band that hit the road and tore it up.
at tear up, v.
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 194: When they opened at the ‘track’ they were just a band without any particular leader.
at track, n.2
[US] Shapiro & Hentoff Hear Me Talking to Ya 106: I [...] bought her a lot of fine vines, a wardrobe with nothing but the finest.
at vine, n.1
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