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[US] G. Wolff ‘A Day at the Beach’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 134: But, my God, Nicholas was edgy, the laid-back one, a grace-under-pressure boy.
at laid-back, adj.
[US] G. Wolff ‘A Day at the Beach’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 132: ‘Chill out,’ Nicholas said.
at chill (out), v.
[US] G. Wolff ‘A Day at the Beach’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 145: I popped a nitroglycerine tablet under my tongue, the time-honored remedy for victims of angina [...] the ‘nitro’ – as it’s known to its friends – was no remedy.
at nitro, n.
[US] G. Wolff ‘At the Fair’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 103: I entered the tent [...] smirking, recollecting burly-que I had seen as a teenager in Florida.
at burlycue, n.
[US] G. Wolff ‘Waterway’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 239: I’m a citizen! Get off my case! I’m middle-class!
at get off someone’s case (v.) under case, n.1
[US] G. Wolff ‘At the Fair’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 115: Here are the hard guys, Billy Badass and his gang.
at hard guy, n.
[US] G. Wolff ‘Waterway’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 230: I saw this stretch limo, white and waxed.
at limo, n.
[US] G. Wolff ‘Waterway’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 228: A fine full belly of the sort termed ‘Milwaukee goiter’.
at Milwaukee goitre (n.) under Milwaukee, adj.
[US] G. Wolff ‘Waterway’ in A Day at the Beach (1992) 229: She’d seen some twenty-year-old carrying around a monster load of worry and bad luck.
at monster, adj.
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