1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 58: She could have heard him coming and pulled the sick act.at pull a — act (v.) under act, n.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 76: I’d be all hot and bothered and worried.at all hot and bothered, phr.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 27: The young man said they did [i.e. get very drunk]. And how!at and how!, excl.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 30: Not that Rufus hadn’t deserved an A-1 ass-eating.at eat someone’s ass off/out under ass, n.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 3: He would stand accused of failure, of bollixing a job.at ballocks (up), v.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 29: Bollixing around with that correspondence course crap.at ballocks about (v.) under ballocks (up), v.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 23: ‘Balls!’ shrieked Humphrey Van Twyne III. ‘Balls, balls, balls!’.at balls!, excl.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 14: The beggar managed to stay stiff enough as it was.at beggar, n.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 113: The incumbent had been booted out of his post.at boot out (v.) under boot, v.1
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 26: Boy, if I don’t get a drink fast I’m going to fall apart.at boy!, excl.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 7: Any other guy [...] would be in the bughouse or Alcatraz.at bughouse, n.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 54: Got the whole down on him but good and wound up in jail.at but good, phr.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 83: Getting everyone so mixed up they couldn’t find their ass with both hands.at can’t find one’s arse/ass with both hands under can’t..., phr.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 38: They struck him as being pretty cold fish.at cold fish (n.) under cold, adj.
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 57: Letting him louse around in a crummy old bathrobe.at crummy, adj.2
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 45: Next to diddling a woman patient, there wasn’t a surer way for a doctor to jam himself up than to play around with his nurse.at diddle, v.1
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 54: Got the whole town down on him but good and wound up in jail.at down (up)on under down, adv.2
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 97: About money . . . I jus’ soon you allus owe me some. It kinda gives me my edge.at edge, n.1
1953 J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 26: If I don’t get a drink fast I’m going to fall apart.at fall apart (v.) under fall, v.1