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The Alcoholics choose

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[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 67: It’s got to be an A-1 racket.
at A-1, adj.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 30: Not that Rufus hadn’t deserved an A-1 ass-eating.
at A-1, adj.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 122: A grade-A nut.
at grade A, adj.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 58: She could have heard him coming and pulled the sick act.
at pull a — act (v.) under act, n.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 76: I’d be all hot and bothered and worried.
at all hot and bothered, phr.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 27: The young man said they did [i.e. get very drunk]. And how!
at and how!, excl.
[US] 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.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 3: He would stand accused of failure, of bollixing a job.
at ballocks (up), v.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 29: Bollixing around with that correspondence course crap.
at ballocks about (v.) under ballocks (up), v.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 23: ‘Balls!’ shrieked Humphrey Van Twyne III. ‘Balls, balls, balls!’.
at balls!, excl.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 3: You goofy-looking beanpole!
at beanpole, n.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 14: The beggar managed to stay stiff enough as it was.
at beggar, n.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 5: He had made Doc look like a [...] boob.
at boob, n.2
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 113: The incumbent had been booted out of his post.
at boot out (v.) under boot, v.1
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 26: Boy, if I don’t get a drink fast I’m going to fall apart.
at boy!, excl.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 7: Any other guy [...] would be in the bughouse or Alcatraz.
at bughouse, n.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 40: Murphy didn’t have him bulled a bit.
at bull, v.1
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 54: Got the whole down on him but good and wound up in jail.
at but good, phr.
[US] 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.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 5: He had made Doc look like a cheapskate.
at cheapskate, n.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 34: Here they were, feeling quite chipper.
at chipper, adj.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 38: They struck him as being pretty cold fish.
at cold fish (n.) under cold, adj.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 73: I’ve heard of that crum.
at crum, n.
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 57: Letting him louse around in a crummy old bathrobe.
at crummy, adj.2
[US] 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
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 70: I’ll [...] be doggone careful when I drink.
at doggone, adv.
[US] 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
[US] J. Thompson Alcoholics (1993) 82: Now pack up your duds and get out of here.
at duds, n.1
[US] 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
[US] 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
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