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I Can get It for You Wholesale choose

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[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 118: They haven’t had a line worth a damn in I don’t know how many years.
at worth a damn under worth a..., phr.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 65: I went in there all cocky, because I knew we had them up against the ropes.
at up against the wall under up against, phr.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 5: As long as you string along with me, your cafeteria days are over.
at string (along) with (v.) under string (along), v.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 25: Okay, pal, you asked for it.
at ask for it (v.) under ask, v.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 222: Say, that’s some bunch of babies.
at baby, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 199: I tell you, he had a regular bag of tricks.
at bag of tricks (n.) under bag, n.1
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 50: Watch your script there, Tootsie. You’re getting your cues all balled up.
at balled-up, adj.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 36: You’re getting your cues all bollixed up.
at ballocks (up), v.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 46: Listen, you balloon-headed schmuck.
at balloon-head (n.) under balloon, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 59: To a baloney bender this is what’s known as making a virtue out of a necessity. [Ibid.] 300: Those dumb baloney benders down there.
at baloney bender, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 92: I felt so good about her having had the taste to pick something dignified, and not something that would make her look like a loud Bronx blouse.
at blouse, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 284: Maybe I didn’t get boffed when I went out with Ruthie Rivkin, but I certainly got some swell ideas.
at boff, v.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 221: When I saw some of those boozehounds actually set their glasses down so they could clap their hands, I knew the line was a hit.
at booze-hound (n.) under booze, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 151: I broke a five-dollar bill into quarters.
at break, v.4
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 97: I breezed into my private office.
at breeze, v.1
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 125: I sort of did get a quick look at her before she breezed out of here.
at breeze, v.1
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 330: So what are you afraid of? Would I give you a bum steer, Meyer?
at bum steer (n.) under bum, adj.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 9: You bunk into somebody, and it brings you up cold.
at bunk into, v.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 129: This charge account you go with [to] that [...] call joint.
at call joint (n.) under call, v.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 112: It felt strange to be thankful for the arrival of a kluck like Meyer Babushkin.
at cluck, n.1
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 117: He’s got a corking puss to sling muck at!
at corking, adj.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 301: And if we get stuck with all those dresses, then you guys’ll be up the creek for good.
at up the creek (without a paddle) under creek, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 131: We’ve each got a cut-in on the profits.
at cut-in, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 3: What’s more important than cuzzy?
at cuzzy, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 273: Now you look through this little dingus here, this V.
at dingus, n.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 203: I don’t like to have a bunch of dogs floating around. While I’m at it, I might as well hire something with a well-turned ass and a decently uplifted tit.
at dog, n.2
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 334: When it comes to slinging the five-dollar words, I’m as good as any lawyer.
at two-dollar words (n.) under two-dollar, adj.
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 144: I took him into the living-room and talked his ear off for a couple of hours.
at talk someone’s ear off (v.) under ear, n.1
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 37: I could see the ‘L’ pillars on Sixth Avenue and hear a train going by above me.
at el, n.1
[US] J. Weidman I Can Get It For You Wholesale 216: The first time I figured, all right, maybe the flag was up.
at flag is up, the under flag, n.2
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