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[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 49: ‘Well, bite my butt,’ he mumbled.
at bite my ass!, excl.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 196: My mother told me I’d regret coming over here. She said I’d get my ass in a crack like this and praying wouldn’t help.
at get one’s ass in a crack under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 73: An unemployed vet, broke, and bad-papered.
at bad paper (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 201: Guy flies two hundred missions without a scratch [...] bites it on the ground in his own bed. What irony.
at bite it (v.) under bite, v.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 23: We got lieutenants falling out of our crack.
at crack, n.3
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 212: Let’s crank up this bird and get out of here.
at crank, v.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 68: And McFarland had crotch rot, and Ellis malaria again and Cross worried about his feet.
at crotch rot (n.) under crotch, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 147: See the country. Brush up on your dink. Wish I could go.
at dink, n.2
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 167: Let the damn planes go where they would. He’d dipsy-doodle on back to his room.
at dipsy-doodle, v.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 39: Get some eats [...] all you’ve got in the refrigerator is a jar of peanut butter.
at eats, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 195: ‘Don’t forget my trip to Saigon.’ ‘Or your ficky boom-boom.’.
at ficky-fick, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 160: In any other war Wendell Payne would have been instantly recognizable as the goldbrick with the thick money belt (easy loans to close friends at special interest).
at goldbrick, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 19: Study the finished print with a magnifying glass, good buddy, you don’t always see what you get.
at good buddy (n.) under good, adj.1
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 167: Now if he was careful he could cry this head through the remainder of his workshift and then out into dreamland.
at head, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 95: Seated in his chair Holly was plugged in, he experienced radiance.
at plugged in, adj.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 189: ‘Juice ’em,’ he shouted, ‘give ’em the fucking juice.’.
at juice, n.1
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 189: ‘Juice ’em,’ he shouted, ‘give ’em the fucking juice.’.
at juice, v.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 197: ‘Sorry. I only wanted to see what time it is.’ ‘Time? Time to kiss your ass goodbye.’.
at kiss one’s ass goodbye (v.) under kiss, v.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 201: ‘Shoot for the moon,’ somebody yelled, dropping his shorts as he bounded off.
at moon, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 46: Watch close, motherfuck.
at motherfuck, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 155: ‘I don’t know,’ said Captain Miller to Claypool. ‘This was where you were supposed to strut your stuff.’.
at strut one’s stuff, v.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 76: Who would have guessed [...] that you’d be the first to pop Missy Lee. How was she?
at pop, v.1
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 73: Righteous Panthers in cocked berets and crossed bandoliers who strutted boldly down bad streets.
at righteous, adj.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 65: Just when I’m about to shoot my rocks she whips that rag out.
at shoot one’s rocks (v.) under rocks, n.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 333: Finish the picture [...] There’s no time for anything else, anyway Here, socko ending.
at socko, adj.
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 155: ‘I don’t know,’ said Captain Miller to Claypool. ‘This was where you were supposed to strut your stuff [...] And us sucking hind tit on body count.’.
at suck (the) hind tit (v.) under tit, n.2
[US] (con. 1970) S. Wright Meditations in Green (1985) 54: A former Green Beret staff sergeant, ex-Operation Phoenix triggerman, and recently promoted captain.
at trigger, n.1
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