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[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Thanasphere’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 23: Now hams all over the world would be building sets so they could listen in, too.
at ham, n.4
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Thanasphere’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 20: The General’s eyes narrowed. ‘So he’s trying to jimmy the project, is he? We’ll see, by God, we’ll see.’.
at jimmy, v.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Thanasphere’ Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 22: We can’t afford to piddle around.
at piddle about (v.) under piddle, v.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Package’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 53: I don’t think the great Charley Freeman amounts to a hill of beans.
at hill of beans, a, phr.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Any Reasonable Offer’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 34: Mr. Delahanty sold that awful little cracker-box of his in one day.
at crackerbox (n.) under cracker, n.4
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Package’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 48: Well, mama, what say we have a little drinkie, and then take a tour of the place?
at drinkie, n.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Souvenir’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 93: Let’s hear you sprecken some Dutch to this man here.
at Dutch, n.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Any Reasonable Offer’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 37: By George, but that’s got a lovely bouquet!
at by George! (excl.) under George, n.2
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Any Reasonable Offer’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 40: I took the advice of the last one I had, and a red-hot prospect and his wife walked out with their noses in the air.
at red-hot, adj.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Package’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 47: He went to med school.
at med, n.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Souvenir’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 96: Got a little pepper left in him, at that.
at pepper, n.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Package’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 47: If this great Charley Freeman snooted you in the old days, I don’t see why we should have him in the house now.
at snoot, v.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Package’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 46: I don’t know if this thingamajig works the air-conditioning or the garage doors [...] or what.
at thingumajig, n.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Any Reasonable Offer’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 41: ‘I’m treating them just like Hellbrunners,’ she said craftily. ‘That’s the ticket.’.
at that’s the ticket! (excl.) under ticket, n.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Any Reasonable Offer’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 39: Call me back when you’ve got a reaction, and I’ll toot out with an offer form all ready to go.
at toot, v.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Bagombo Snuff Box’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 144: Now I’ve got Ceylon all balled up with Madagascar.
at balled-up, adj.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘A Present for Big Saint Nick’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 163: ‘Ev-ry-bo-dy loves Big Nick,’ said Wanda. ‘Or they wind up in Lake Michigan with cement overshoes,’ said Pullman.
at cement kimono (n.) under cement, n.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘A Present for Big Saint Nick’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 164: ‘Is he drunk?’ said Mrs. Pullman. ‘Do fish swim?’ said Bernie.
at can a duck swim? under duck, n.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘A Present for Big Saint Nick’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 168: They could expect to be killed by a hit man, unless they fled to some godforsaken country where the Mafia didn’t have a chapter.
at hit man (n.) under hit, n.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Powder-Blue Dragon’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 155: He looked out over the parking lot. ‘Oho, I see. The little blue jobbie.’.
at jobbie, n.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Custom-Made Bride’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 110: They tell me this Krummbein is a genius, but I say he belongs on Skid Row or in a laughing academy.
at laughing academy (n.) under laughing, adj.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘A Present for Big Saint Nick’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 168: They danced out of the house without their coats, saying things like, ‘Jingle bells, you old poop’.
at poop, n.3
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Powder-Blue Dragon’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 155: Well, you’ve been slickered, dear, because the man was lying about his car.
at slicker, v.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Ambitious Sophomore’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 127: He buttoned the great brass buttons and fluffed up the gold braid cascading from the epaulets [...] ‘Zoot!’ exclaimed the delivery boy. ‘Man, I mean zoot!’.
at zoot, adj.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Der Arme Dolmetscher’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 184: If tha’s Kraut, whassat man doin’ on honey-dippin’ detail?
at honey-dipper (n.) under honey, n.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Der Arme Dolmetscher’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 184: You talk Kraut good enough foah us.
at kraut, n.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Der Arme Dolmetscher’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 187: We’ll whomp ’em the way we whomped ’em in Nawth Ca’lina and Tennessee.
at whomp, v.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Boy Who Hated Girls’ Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 191: Little fellow – kind of green around the gills.
at green about the gills (adj.) under gills, n.1
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘The Boy Who Hated Girls’ in Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 196: The school nurse just jumped all over me for being too nice to my boys. She says I get too involved, and that’s a very dangerous thing.
at jump all over (v.) under jump, v.
[US] K. Vonnegut ‘Runaways’ Bagombo Snuff Box (1999) 246: The television set in the living room and the radio in the kitchen were both on, blatting away.
at blat, v.
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