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Merton of the Movies choose

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[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 196: You’ll have to keep that bunch of Buckeye roughnecks from riding him.
at buckeye, n.1
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 193: He’s a small-town hick [...] kind of innocent and bug-eyed the way he’d rubber at things.
at bug-eyed, adj.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 194: He looked like the juvenile lead of a busted road show.
at bust, adj.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 41: Whoa, there, dang you!
at dang, v.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 194: Listen here, Jeff – I’m down to cases. There’s something about this kid.
at down to cases under down, adv.1
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 193: You’d ought to see him freeze me when I suggested a sandwich and a cup o’ coffee.
at freeze, v.2
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 194: I guess he got kind of jagged on the food, see?
at jagged, adj.1
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 165: Go on, now boys, do it again and pep it, see. Turn the juice on.
at juice, n.1
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 40: My stars! You’re certainly goin’ to be a real one, ain’t you?
at my stars!, excl.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 278: ‘Go to it, old Pippin,’ rejoined his daughter.
at pippin, n.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 45: We got to put a right smart distance between us and that pesky sheriff’s posse.
at right, adv.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 7: What’s got into you lately? [...] Skyhootin’ around in here, leavin’ the front of the store unpertected.
at sky hoot (v.) under sky, n.1
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 188: You can stoke up with meat and potatoes – anything you want that’ll stick to the merry old slats.
at slat, n.3
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 8: Now, for gosh’s sake, stir your stumps!
at stir one’s stumps (v.) under stir, v.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of Movies 5: Merton Gill, what in the sacred name of Time are you meanin’ to do with that dummy?
at what in time? under time, n.
[US] H.L. Wilson Merton of the Movies 179: Hello, old Trouper! You’re just in time to help me hunt for something.
at trooper, n.1
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