1934 B. Traven Death Ship 179: These, surely, were words to pep me up when I was so near to go bitch and ditch.at go bitch (v.) under bitch, n.1
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 251: You carried a little fly-brush on your lower lip; you have shaved it off since then.at brush, n.4
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 11: Shit the bucket. There are lots of other ships in the world.at bucket, n.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 4: I was not mate on this can, not even bos’n. I was just a plain sailor.at can, n.1
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 37: Your story is worth in the neighborhood of five grand cold cash.at cold, adj.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 51: The bos’n was so well drenched that it lasted until Boulogne.at drenched, adj.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 248: Only dumb-heads and oxen heave coal.at dumbhead (n.) under dumb, adj.1
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 333: At the first dim crackling my hearing flap catches, I shall be up and out.at flap, n.1
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 354: Why, for all the funking sons, didn’t you tell me this before, Pippip?at fucking, adj.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 353: Funking hell, I don’t know what is the matter with me.at fucking hell!, excl.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 49: I am drinking my hard washer, and ask, for another, straight.at hard washer (n.) under hard, adj.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 259: They are all talking high-hat at conferences about the progress of culture and civilization.at high-hat, adv.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 147: ‘Not true, sir,’ The horse-thief addressed the skipper.at horse thief (n.) under horse, n.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 283: He who is not fit to join the union is looked upon as a Hunk even if born on the Emerald or right north of Aberrrdeen [sic].at hunk, n.2
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 49: Hey, submarine admiral, Nancy of the gobs. Tell us real sailors who won the war.at nancy, n.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 36: Oh, his story is wonderful! It’s marvelous. It’s peachy.at peachy, adj.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 355: ‘What’s the rag’ I asked. ‘You can’t do anything about this heavy sea coming up.’.at rag, n.4
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 323: They are ready for kidnapping, or for shanghaiing, if you like that expression any better.at shanghai, v.
1934 B. Traven Death Ship 368: The devil, six grate-bars have dropped. Damn the whole shit.at shit, n.