1939 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
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 79: Been smart-alecking aroun’ the country.at smart-aleck, v.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 331: Ever’ place you look is restaurants. [...] Lookit that all-nighter there.at all-nighter, n.
1939 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.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 210: She ain’t breathin’ at all. She’s awful dead.at awful, adv.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 154: I’ll knock you belly-up with a bucket.at belly up, adj.2
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 76: He’s a billy-goatin’ aroun’ the country. Tom-cattin’ hisself to death.at billy goat, v.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 50: This here’s jackrabbit. Tougher’n a bull-bitch.at bull bitch, n.1
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 90: Seem like fellas that knowed? Not jus’ blowin’ off?at blow, v.1
1939 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
1939 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
1939 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
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 175: They’s [...] stirrin’ up trouble. Gettin’ folks mad. Chisellin’ in.at chisel, v.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 165: Tell ’em ya dong’s growed sence you los’ your eye.at dong, n.1
1939 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
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 144: Can’t get a word out of ’im. Jus’ rum-dumb.at rum-dum, adj.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 54: Willy was full of crap.at full of crap under full of..., phr.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 14: You give me a goin’-over when I first got in.at going-over, n.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 234: They ain’t nothin’ I love like the guts of a engine.at gut, n.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 322: I ain’t had a good gutful to eat in two weeks.at gutsful, n.
1939 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.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 38: Jesus! [...] Hell musta popped here.at hell’s a popping under hell, n.
1939 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.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 147: ‘What’s that to you?’ Mae said fiercely.at what’s it to you?, phr.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath (1951) 272: Tom hefted the pick. ‘Jumping Jesus! If she don’t feel good!’.at jumping Jesus!, excl.