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[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 54: What’s there about me that has you up a tree?
at up a tree, phr.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 144: I didn’t give a good damn one way or another.
at not give a damn, v.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 82: He tapped his head and made a screwy face. ‘Not all there, ya know.’.
at not all there, adj.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 79: If a story crops up I’ll let you in on it, meantime stick to chasing ambulances.
at ambulance-chasing (n.) under ambulance-chaser, n.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 84: Some smart apple started to check out the unidentified bodies in the morgue.
at smart apple (n.) under apple, n.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 155: So out comes the strong-arm boys.
at strong-arm man (n.) under strong-arm, adj.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 59: You’ll get a fat fee [...] instead of kicking around for free.
at kick around, v.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 87: A car in the city could be a pain in the butt.
at pain in the arse, n.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 43: I stood in front of the mirror [...] trying to decide whether or not I should wear the artillery.
at artillery, n.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 28: Attaboy, buddy!
at attaboy!, excl.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 78: The boys in the kitchen were banging their first drinks down.
at bang, v.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 80: I [...] watched them all climb into a beat-up coupé.
at beat-up, adj.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 22: Beats me, I’m on vacation.
at beats me! (excl.) under beat, v.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 76: A Black Buick sedan with no back window and a few bullets in its behind.
at behind, n.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 76: I blew the dust off old Betsy.
at betsy, n.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 129: How long was he on that binge?
at on a binge under binge, n.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 85: They take a bit here and a bit there [...] and bingo, they have something we’re trying to keep under the hat.
at bingo!, excl.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 78: What’s your bitch, Marty!
at bitch, n.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 39: Even a blast in the papers couldn’t smear him for that.
at blast, n.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 63: Oscar had intended to bleed me for all the money he could. [Ibid.] 86: Oscar came to town to bleed Lee and he wouldn’t bleed.
at bleed, v.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 22: I had you figured for a brain.
at brain, n.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 36: They were a pack of bugs thinking they could outsmart a world.
at bug, n.4
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 38: You have another bug up your behind. [Ibid.] 49: I was the only one who still had a bug up my tail.
at have a bug up one’s ass (v.) under bug, n.4
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 60: What about the guy Oscar bumped?
at bump, v.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 24: Not if [...] the people in this burg can help it.
at burg, n.1
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 107: Did you ever see a guy who was burned up at his wife?
at burned up, adj.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 154: There was no out until Lee [...] gave you a buzz.
at give someone a buzz (v.) under buzz, n.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 82: I flashed my buzzer.
at buzzer, n.3
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 127: That’s not funny, pal. Can it!
at can it (v.) under can, v.
[US] M. Spillane One Lonely Night 129: ‘Did he owe you any money?’ ‘No, not one red cent.’.
at red cent, n.
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