1937 J. Tully Bruiser 219: I remember lookin’ at him, and me drunk as an owl on sacred wine.at drunk as a boiled owl, adj.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 196: He was a broth of a boy – weak as water and strong as a broken dam.at broth of a boy, n.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 137: They were the familiar ‘bindle stiffs’ or men who carried bundles in a wandering world.at bindle stiff (n.) under bindle, n.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 165: He [...] sent for Blinky Miller, who was now blind in one eye.at blink, n.1
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 115: ‘He’s been fightin’ too often,’ said Silent Tim, ‘I’ll give him a rest.’ [...] ‘He’s not burnt out, I hope.’.at burned out, adj.1
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 29: Cut me in on another hundred of that – and another century that if there’s a knockout Rory here’ll land it.at century, n.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 146: The cinch bug, the Hessian fly, the locust of old, he fought all in turn.at chinch, n.1
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 105: Silvers couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag.at couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag under couldn’t..., phr.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 214: If they crack a suit, he’ll lose to Sully – he’s that high geared.at crack, v.3
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 253: A chance – for cripes sake – he’d have a chance with a cyclone.at for cripes’ sake!, excl.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 168: When Shane answered the gong for the seventh, Tim whispered to Blinky, ‘It’s a cross’.at cross, n.1
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 39: He’s a dead right kid – got all the right instincts.at dead-right (adj.) under dead, adv.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 104: I’ll take him on right now [...] Them big yaps are duck soup for me.at duck soup, n.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 170: There’s more floozies in this town than cattle in the stockyard.at floozy, n.
1937 J. Tully Bruiser 121: I put you on the grease a little in my story [...] I made you a great guy, Shane.at grease, n.1