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[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 263: It’s as easy as rolling off a log.
at easy as falling off a log, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 329: ‘Jeez, baby, you’ve got some action,’ he said, after they’d been dancing a little while.
at action, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 258 The fat’s in the fire in this country now.
at fat is in the fire, (all) the, phr.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 93: My ass to habeas corpus.
at my arse to...! (excl.) under arse, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 268: That baby’s got a slick cream of millions all over him.
at baby, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 107: Hey, get a file; the bastard’s locked himself to the post.
at bastard, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 137: It’s the damned old bay window’s fault. He chewed the rag so much about politics all day.
at bay window, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 358: Labor’s belly up completely – The only hope is the I.W.W.
at belly up, adj.2
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 25: Middletown’s a terrible bitch of a dump if you ask me.
at bitch, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 209: People yelled at them Blacklegs Scabs but those that weren’t wops were muckers.
at blackleg, n.2
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 286: As the fellow said when they blew his block off.
at knock someone’s block off (v.) under block, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 33: You and your godless socialistic boozin’ ways.
at boozing, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 63: I know a dump where we could get a bully breakfast.
at bully, adj.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 86: He was sick of the bum grub and hard life on the sea.
at bum, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 107: You see the rest of the show. I feel kind of bum.
at bum, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 321: He said that the Twin Cities was the bunk.
at bunk, n.2
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 322: He said it was about time for him to butt out.
at butt out, v.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 70: ‘Ain’t this hunkydory?’ whispered Ike. ‘It’s the cat’s nuts, Ike.’.
at cat’s nuts (n.) under cat, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 63: Jeez, I thought you were a cop.
at cop, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 72: We’re up shit creek now for fair.
at up shit(’s) creek under shit creek, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 70: I’ll be meeting all the girls I had crushes on.
at crush, n.2
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 147: She was afraid her period was coming on. She’d only had the curse a few times yet.
at curse, the, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 209: The damn dagoes they put up a notice of volunteers good clean young.
at dago, n.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 328: People he talked to were darned agreeable.
at darned, adv.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 290: There was a dick looking into our faces as if he was trying to remember them.
at dick, n.5
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 128: Dod gast it, this is going to be some storm.
at dodgast...! (excl.) under dod, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 332: He stumbled along feeling sick and dopy from hunger.
at dopey, adj.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 68: We’ll go to Duluth like a couple of dudes.
at dude, n.1
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 323: A tired look... that made him think maybe she was kind of easy.
at easy, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s–10s) Dos Passos 42nd Parallel in USA (1966) 76: She’s awful hot. Jeez, I thought she was going to feel me up.
at feel up, v.
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