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[US] O.R. Cohen Midnight 15: Holy sufferin’ oysters! Carroll, if you didn’t work on it, I’d brain you!
at holy, adj.
[US] O.R. Cohen Midnight 17: [This] isn’t any lead-pipe cinch, I’d say!
at lead-pipe cinch (n.) under lead, n.
[US] O.R. Cohen Midnight 15: ‘Soft-pedal the blarney,’ grinned Carroll.
at soft pedal (v.) under soft, adj.
[US] O.R. Cohen Midnight 11: ‘Sufferin’ wildcats!’ breathed Leverage. ‘The suit-case ain’t the woman’s at all!’.
at suffering —!, excl.
[US] O.R. Cohen Midnight 4: I’d buy twenty stoves [...] and tell winter to go to thunder.
at thunder, n.
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