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[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. i: If you stand me up again, your life won’t be worth a lead nickel.
at not worth a plugged nickel, phr.
[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. iv n.p.: ‘Hello, cutie!’ he exclaimed with a grin. ‘How about the next dance?’.
at cutie, n.1
[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. i: Just a mere child without even a car and tryin’ to date me up.
at date, v.1
[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. iii: Spingola had been about the first of the city’s gang leaders to enforce his power with a gun and his being dropped off so suddenly was most disconcerting to the other leaders.
at drop off, v.1
[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. i: You’re not seein’ Al any more. Get that, bab.
at get this! (excl.) under get, v.
[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. iii: There’s been talk about you an’ her goin’ around among the wise-guys in your neighborhood.
at wise guy, n.
[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. 4: He made it plain to Klondike [...] that he would not take a hand in second-story jobs.
at second-storey job (n.) under second, adj.
[US] ‘Armitage Traill’ Scarface Ch. i: A crisp new bill of $100 denomination served as ‘wrapper’ on the outside. The inside, a few fives but mostly ones, expanded the $100 note until the roll looked to be worth ten times its real value.
at wrapper, n.
[US] B. Hecht Scarface [film script] ‘They said you could take a flyin’....’ ‘Okay, okay.’.
at flying fuck, n.
[US] B. Hecht Scarface [film script] Gee, that tie really give me the yips.
at yips, n.
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