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The Grapes of Wrath choose

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[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 160: ‘What’s eatin’ Granma?’ ‘I don’t know. ’Member the las’ couple days she’s been airy-nary, sayin’ nothin’ to nobody?’.
at airy, adj.2
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 79: Been smart-alecking aroun’ the country.
at smart-aleck, v.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 331: Ever’ place you look is restaurants. [...] Lookit that all-nighter there.
at all-nighter, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 351: ’Cause sure as cowflops she’ll drop ’em to two an’ a half.
at sure as shit under sure as..., phr.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 210: She ain’t breathin’ at all. She’s awful dead.
at awful, adv.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 154: I’ll knock you belly-up with a bucket.
at belly up, adj.2
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 76: He’s a billy-goatin’ aroun’ the country. Tom-cattin’ hisself to death.
at billy goat, v.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 50: This here’s jackrabbit. Tougher’n a bull-bitch.
at bull bitch, n.1
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 90: Seem like fellas that knowed? Not jus’ blowin’ off?
at blow, v.1
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 26: I ain’t seen ol’ Tom in a bug’s age.
at bug’s age (n.) under bug, n.4
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 223: ‘I guess maybe he’s bull-simple.’ ‘What’s “bull-simple”?’ ‘I guess cops push ’im aroun’ so much he’s still spinning.’.
at bull simple (adj.) under bull, n.5
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 45: We ain’t gonna walk no eight miles to Uncle John’s place to-night. My dogs is burned up.
at burned out, adj.1
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 157: I was doin’ considerable tom-cattin’ aroun’.
at tom cat, v.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 175: They’s [...] stirrin’ up trouble. Gettin’ folks mad. Chisellin’ in.
at chisel, v.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 65: Holy Christ, they’re fixin’ to go!
at Christ!, excl.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 28: A litter of crap-houses.
at craphouse, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 165: Tell ’em ya dong’s growed sence you los’ your eye.
at dong, n.1
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 12: He just done it for ducks. He wasn’t puttin’ on no dog.
at for ducks under duck, n.1
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 144: Can’t get a word out of ’im. Jus’ rum-dumb.
at rum-dum, adj.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 344: A fella got to eat.
at fellow, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 54: Willy was full of crap.
at full of crap under full of..., phr.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 14: You give me a goin’-over when I first got in.
at going-over, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 62: He’s gettin’ screwy as a gopher.
at gopher, n.1
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 234: They ain’t nothin’ I love like the guts of a engine.
at gut, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 322: I ain’t had a good gutful to eat in two weeks.
at gutsful, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 300: This fella come in with a plug hat on.
at plug-hat, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 142: Truck drivers. That’s the stuff [...] Hope they stop; take away the taste of them shit-heels.
at shit-heel, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 38: Jesus! [...] Hell musta popped here.
at hell’s a popping under hell, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 57: Get ’em rolling. Get ’em out in a jalopy. Sock it to ’em!
at sock it to, v.
[US] J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 147: ‘What’s that to you?’ Mae said fiercely.
at what’s it to you?, phr.
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