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[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 10: He claimed that he could dope the guards the night of the break.
at break, n.2
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 13: My God! [...] Standing has given me the cross. He’s lifted the plant and stowed it somewhere else.
at give the cross-hop (v.) under cross, adj.
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 9: He was a sniveling cur of a yellow dog.
at yellow dog, n.
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 36: Pie-Face Jones was a mean and bitter man, despite his fatness.
at pie-face, n.
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 157: Our very knuckletalk was a violation of the rules.
at knuckletalk (n.) under knuckle, n.
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 124: He’s rank crazy on religion.
at rank, adj.1
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 135: Stick close to your money and close to your rocks, / An’ you’ll always have tobaccy in your old tobaccy box.
at rocks, n.
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 9: He was a snitcher. He was a stool.
at snitcher, n.2
[US] J. London Star Rover (1963) 112: He’s a wooz, I tell you, a perfect wooz.
at wooz, n.
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