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The Wayward Bus choose

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[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 175: She’d show him a thing or two.
at know a thing or two, v.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 164: There goes your ballgame.
at that’s the ballgame under ballgame, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 111: He blew his top and lost his job and came bellyaching to Loraine.
at bellyache, v.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 105: Louis and that nigger was gonna split them up a coupla half centuries.
at half-century (n.) under century, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 96: He called race horses dogs.
at dog, n.2
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 98: From his side pocket he took a little comb and combed his hair back smoothly and patted it behind where the suggestion of a duck tail stood out.
at ducktail (n.) under duck, n.1
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 107: Edgar was still trying to make out where the Hindus wanted to go. ‘The god-damned rag heads,’ he said to himself.
at rag-head, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 23: They were so mad they gave Alice hell about the pie .
at give someone hell (v.) under hell, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 105: I guess I jammed it for them.
at jam, v.2
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 203: Keep your pants on and watch your language. There’s ladies here.
at language, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 203: Keep your pants on and watch your language.
at keep your pants on! (excl.) under pants, n.
[US] J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 97: I ain’t taking orders from you. I’ll wait till I get some kind of complaints from the super.
at super, n.1
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