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[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 142: You two apes sitting in that saloon.
at ape, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 28: A couple of chicks [...] operating a tour service that will you take you around the world for fifty dollars a trip.
at around the world, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 122: ‘Three vodka and tonics, my good man’ [...] ‘Your ass,’ said Shaft.
at your arse! (excl.) under arse, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 109: ‘You can complain to the union,’ he had smartassed Persons.
at smart-arse, v.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 27: The smart-ass young assistant district attorney.
at smart-arsed, adj.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 49: Beatrice Thomas was bad news.
at bad news, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 35: The cigar-stinking, unshaven ragbag behind the wheel.
at rag bag, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 48: The fat-thighed Bronx bagel babies who shaved off their moustaches on Saturday nights.
at bagel baby (n.) under bagel, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 12: Fuck it. And all the rest of this ball-breaking bullshit.
at ball-breaking, adj.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 31: Seeing him and going up against him is a new ball game.
at whole new ballgame (n.) under ballgame, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 132: You put them on the end of your cock and give them a twist. They spin like the propellor on a beanie.
at beanie, n.1
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 143: It had been a simple job. But somehow he had blown it.
at blow, v.2
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 28: Who in blue really gave a shit?
at who in blue! (excl.) under blue, adj.5
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 54: Two or three black cats [...] in bopper hats.
at bopper, n.1
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 75: Let’s get the hell out of this cigar box!
at cigar box, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 164: I used to take a girl like that [...] Fuck their brains out.
at fuck someone’s brains out (v.) under brain, n.1
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 13: I’m going to break it off him and make him eat it.
at break it off, v.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 76: His eyes were bugging and his face was filled with anger.
at bug, v.6
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 113: The bummy writers insisting on telling them what they almost wrote that day.
at bummy, adj.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 45: The law came busting through the door.
at bust in (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 105: Everybody was carrying.
at carry, v.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 62: He wondered if this character would hold him up down there.
at character, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 124: Got to check in with these women.
at check in, v.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 13: He was a big piece of cheese.
at cheese, n.1
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 107: ‘Oh, for Christ’s sake,’ Shaft tried to protest.
at for Christ’s sake!, excl.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 33: The little cocksucker would probably whip his dum-dum right out of the socket.
at cocksucker, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 104: A kid in school didn’t have to go look for a pusher [...] He just go to his teacher and make a connection.
at connection, n.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 143: He thought about her, crapped out on the bed in the small room.
at crapped out, adj.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 53: Damn, but he was hungry.
at damn!, excl.
[US] E. Tidyman Shaft 76: Go, goddamnit!
at god-damn it!, excl.
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