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[US] Commonweal XXXVII 256: Nightmare is the kind of a chase thriller that keeps you on the edge of your chair. At its end all the explanada doesn’t stack up very well or amount to much.
at stack up, v.1
[US] Commonweal XLIII 2: He is, as the boys say, strictly from hunger, and one suspects a bit of malice.
at strictly from hunger under strictly, adv.
[US] Commonweal 91 102: On New York streets ‘cutting,’ ‘ranking’ (also known as ‘low-ranking’), ‘woofing’ and ‘sounding’ are different names for a less sexual version of the Dozens and first-cousins to the game of ‘signifying’.
at cut, v.1
[US] Commonweal 91 102: On New York streets ‘cutting,’ ‘ranking’ (also known as ‘low-ranking’), ‘woofing’ and ‘sounding’ are different names for a less sexual version of the Dozens and first-cousins to the game of ‘signifying’.
at ranking, n.
[US] Commonweal 91 102: On New York streets ‘cutting,’ ‘ranking’ (also known as ‘low-ranking’), ‘woofing’ and ‘sounding’ are different names for a less sexual version of the Dozens and first-cousins to the game of ‘signifying’.
at woofing, n.
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