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The Night of the Iguana choose

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[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act II: I won’t be longer than three shakes of a lively sheep’s tail.
at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act III: latta: Just give me the bus key, Larry. shannon: In a pig’s snout – like yours!
at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act I: What in blazes is this?
at how the blazes! (excl.) under blazes, n.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act I: He’s a bug, a fanatic about – whew! – continental cuisine.
at bug, n.4
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act II: She isn’t a modern flapper.
at flapper, n.2
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act III: I don’t know which pocket, you’ll have to frisk me for it.
at frisk, v.2
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act I: Great Caesar’s ghost ... stop ... shouting!
at great Caesar! (excl.) under great...!, excl.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act I: The gyp touch, the touch of a de-frocked minister is running a gyp nudist gym on the South Side.
at gyp, adj.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act I: It’s a test of strength between two men, in this case, and a bus-load of old wet hens.
at hen, n.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act I: I knew that some of you ladies would rather be victims of Montezuma’s Revenge than spend cinco centavos on bottled water.
at Montezuma’s revenge, n.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act III: Is this true that you make pee-pee all over the suitcases of the ladies from Texas?
at pee-pee, n.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act II: I will go on shank’s mare, Mrs Faulk – islanders are good walkers.
at shanks’s pony, n.
[US] T. Williams Night of the Iguana Act III: I still think you are welching on the bargain.
at welch, v.
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