1942 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
1945 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.
1969 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
1969 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.
1969 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.