1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’ s People (1944) 58: I can’t use a big boy like this, boss. Scare the bar tender to death if I flash this one on him.at big boy, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’ s People (1944) 113: They’d all think he was one hell of a real, regular big league son of a bitch.at big-league, adj.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 183: I’ve seen three or four of these guys come in as special prosecutor in my time and give a black eye to the department.at give someone/something a black eye (v.) under black eye, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 27: Now he thought it was funny a five-dollar bet with Shortie should come to be the blowoff when there had been so many other more important things.at blow off, n.2
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 222: He makes book up there and I run for him.at make book (on) (v.) under book, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 315: You suddenly realise she’s socking it in, giving the business.at business, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 333: Young loafers, waiting, they got nothing else to do except make chip-chip at the girls passing.at chip, v.1
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 38: What kind of way is this, like a clodhopper!at clodhopper, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 209: He leaned forward and chucked Delilah under the chin. ‘Wasn’t it, my little coal mine?’ he asked.at coal mine (n.) under coal, n.1
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 205: Juice put out his right hand and Egan fastened one cuff.at cuffs, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 65: You won’t be worth a God damn. I’m telling you.at god-damn, n.1
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 204: Come on, come on, stop dragging your drawers.at drag one’s drawers (v.) under drawers, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 364: Love thy neighbour if he’s not a Catholic or a Jew or a Seventh Day Adventist or a nigger or a greaser or a ginzo or a hunkie or a bohunk or a frog or a spick or a limey or a heine or a mick or a chink or a jap or a dutchman or a squarehead or a mockie or a slicked-up greaseball from the Argentine.at Dutchman, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 203: As he turned, Badgley, who was standing nearest, shoved him and said ‘Hurry up, fat!’.at fat, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 252: Let out a scream fit to split, threw the scissors on the floor and ran away.at fit to bust under fit to..., phr.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 26: He held up his fist and pointed to it with one finger. ‘What are you going to do about this five after you get your fi’ bucks?’.at five, n.2
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 185: Looka! [...] looka what that greasy ginzo is doing!at ginzo, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 364: Love thy neighbour if he’s not a Catholic or a Jew or a Seventh Day Adventist or a nigger or a greaser or a ginzo or a hunkie or a bohunk or a frog or a spick or a limey or a heine or a mick or a chink or a jap or a dutchman or a squarehead or a mockie or a slicked-up greaseball from the Argentine.at greaseball, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 70: He wanted to spit at the greaser bastards.at greaser, adj.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 8: It had said in the paper Leo’s brother was ‘Guinea Joe’ Minch.at guinea, n.1
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 364: Love thy neighbour if he’s not a Catholic or a Jew or a Seventh Day Adventist or a nigger or a greaser or a ginzo or a hunkie or a bohunk or a frog or a spick or a limey or a heine or a mick or a chink or a jap or a dutchman or a squarehead or a mockie or a slicked-up greaseball from the Argentine.at Heinie, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 116: The old man had been a fun-loving hell-raiser once upon a time.at hell-raiser (n.) under hell, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 56: All hits under $100 were paid off by the controllers.at hit, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 64: Well, you got that hot one off your chest, now listen.at hot one, n.
1943 I. Wolfert Tucker’s People (1944) 320: ‘You can frame it on a nuthouse wall,’ she said and laughed.at nut house, n.