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Treasure of the Sierra Madre choose

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[US] B. Traven Treasure of the Sierra Madre 94: Stow that, you old bag of bones.
at bag of bones, n.1
[US] B. Traven Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1963) 247: Didn’t I kill quite a number of Heinies in the big parade? Did I? Hell, how they jumped!
at big parade (n.) under big, adj.
[US] B. Traven Treasure of the Sierra Madre 54: I’m going to eat at a Chinks’s, too.
at Chink’s, n.
[US] B. Traven Treasure of the Sierra Madre 176: It’s all eyewash and superstition.
at eyewash (n.) under eye, n.
[US] B. Traven Treasure of the Sierra Madre 77: ‘Hold your jaw!’ Dobbs shouted angrily.
at hold one’s jaw (v.) under jaw, n.
[US] B. Traven Treasure of the Sierra Madre 103: ‘As soon as he comes, snipe him and be done with it.’ [...] ‘There’s no sense in shooting the man down at sight [...] It’d be a crime to snipe a harmless hobo.’.
at snipe, v.2
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