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The Amboy Dukes choose

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[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 19: If you go out with me you’ve got to come across.
at come across, v.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 73: Frank was an all-right guy.
at all right, adj.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 95: ‘Do you dance?’ ‘And how!’.
at and how!, excl.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 142: ‘Up your ass,’ Frank replied.
at up your arse!, excl.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 18: He liked Kenny’s babe better.
at babe, n.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 73: These girls are good kids [...] you won’t get them in bad, will you?
at in bad under bad, adj.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 32: Aw, balls [...] I’ve had enough of that jerk for one day.
at balls!, excl.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 4: Not working like hell in a bastard defence plant.
at bastard, adj.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 65: The most that could happen would be another bawling out.
at bawling out, n.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 100: You little bitch! You stood me up for that bastard!
at bitch, n.1
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 120: Only six days after they had bumped Bannon they had almost been trapped.
at bump, v.1
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 86: It really burned him to work a full day on Saturday.
at burn, v.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 98: I’m just burned up because she stood you up.
at burned up, adj.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 161: Watch what you’re saying, or I’ll start busting you around.
at bust around (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 34: The kind of slugger who could take care of two ordinary guys by himself.
at take care of, v.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 85: Isn’t she a character?
at character, n.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 10: He and Alice had to eat at the Chink’s.
at Chink’s, n.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 35: I’ll clout you again, you goon.
at clout, v.1
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 38: Cop a walk, you’re screwing our game.
at cop, v.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 79: Kenny [...] felt that Frank might crack.
at crack, v.2
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 161: I’m one guy who knows that he can kick the crap outa you.
at kick the crap out of (v.) under crap, the, phr.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 80: We gotta be natural, and if we aren’t [...] then we’re up the creek.
at up the creek (without a paddle) under creek, n.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 61: Don’t try to cross me up.
at cross up (v.) under cross, v.1
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 50: I got the crut.
at crut, n.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 144: Give me the bottle and let’s cut the talk.
at cut, v.4
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 72: If we were working we wouldn’t’a been cuttin’ classes.
at cut, v.4
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 17: Some of the guys’ll want to get cut in.
at cut in, v.
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 34: The guy [...] looked as if he were slightly nuts and a cutter.
at cutter, n.2
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 48: I don’t want you dating other guys.
at date, v.1
[US] I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 25: Any guy who became drunk [...] got a fast deal and was thrown out.
at deal, n.1
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